NAICS Canada 512230—Music publishers

Where 512230 sits

1. 51 Information and cultural industries
2. 512 Motion picture and sound recording industries
3. 5122 Sound recording industries
4. 51223 Music publishers
5. 512230 Music publishers

Description

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in acquiring and registering copyrights in musical compositions, in accordance with the law, and promoting and authorizing the use of these compositions in recordings, on radio and television, in motion pictures, live performances, print, multimedia or other media. These establishments represent the interests of songwriters or other owners of musical compositions in generating revenues from the use of such works, generally through licensing agreements.

What 512230 excludes

• Songwriters who act as their own publishers (see 711513 independent writers and authors (can))

Example activities

• music copyright buying and licensing
• sheet music publishing
• administration of music copyrights for others
• copyrights or acting as administrators of music copyrights on behalf of copyright owners
• music books (i.e., bound sheet music), publishers or publishing
• music copyright, authorizing use
• music publishers or publishing
• music publishing or publishers exclusively on internet
• music, publishing and printing combined
• musical performance rights, publishing and licensing of
• sheet music, publishing and printing combined
• songs, publisher or publishing
• songs, publishing
• songs, publishing and printing combined

Index entries for 512230

11 entries from the official NAICS Canada alphabetic index that classify under this code.

• Music book (i.e., bound sheet music) publishers
• Music book (i.e., bound sheet music) publishers and printing combined
• Music copyright authorizing use
• Music copyright buying and licensing
• Music publishers
• Music, sheet, publishers and printing combined
• Publishers, music
• Sheet music publishers
• Sheet music publishers and printing combined
• Song publishers
• Song publishers and printing combined

512230 in other systems