NAICS Canada 512250—Record production and distribution

Where 512250 sits

1. 51 Information and cultural industries
2. 512 Motion picture and sound recording industries
3. 5122 Sound recording industries
4. 51225 Record production and distribution
5. 512250 Record production and distribution

Description

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in record production and/or releasing, promoting and distributing sound recordings.

These establishments contract with musical artists, arrange and finance the production of original master recordings, manufacture or arrange for the manufacture of recordings, and promote and distribute these products to wholesalers, retailers or directly to the public.

They produce master recordings themselves, or obtain reproduction and/or distribution rights to master recordings produced by record production companies or other integrated record companies.

What 512250 includes

• Record production (except independent record producers), without duplication or distribution
• Holding the copyright to the master recording and deriving revenues from selling, leasing, and licensing master recording

What 512250 excludes

• Independent record producers hired on contract (see 711512 independent actors, comedians and performers (can))
• Managing artist careers (see 711411 agents and managers for artists, entertainers and other public figures (can))
• Mass duplication of sound recordings (see 334610 manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media (mex))
• Promoting and authorizing the use of musical works in various media (see 512230 music publishers (can))
• Providing facilities and technical expertise for recording musical performances (see 512240 sound recording studios)
• Wholesaling (distribution of finished products, bought for resale, including imports) sound recordings (see 414440 sound recording merchant wholesalers (can))

Example activities

• audio recordings, integrated manufacture, release and distribution
• distribution of musical recordings from masters
• integrated record companies
• integrated record production and distribution
• master recordings, leasing and licensing
• production of master recordings, exclusive of distribution
• publishing and reproducing audio materials in integrated facilities
• record production and distribution combined
• record production companies (producing only)
• release, promotion, and distribution of musical recordings
• sound recordings, integrated production, reproduction, release and distribution

Index entries for 512250

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

• Integrated record companies (i.e., releasing, promoting, distributing)
• Integrated record production and distribution
• Master recording leasing and licensing
• Musical recording, releasing, promoting, and distributing
• Prerecorded audio tapes and compact discs integrated manufacture, release, and distribution
• Record producers (except independent)
• Record production (except independent record producers) without duplication or distribution
• Record releasing, promoting, and distributing combined with mass duplication
• Sound recording, integrated production, reproduction, release, and distribution
• Sound recording, releasing, promoting, and distributing

512250 in other systems