SBI 58—Publishing activities

Where 58 sits

1. J Publishing, broadcasting, and content production and distribution activities
2. 58 Publishing activities

Contains 2 narrower codes

• 58.1 Publishing of books, newspapers and other publishing activities, except software publishing
• 58.2 Software publishing

What 58 includes

• This division includes the publishing of books, brochures, leaflets, dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, maps, and charts; the publishing of newspapers, magazines, and periodicals; the publishing of directories and mailing lists and other publications, as well as the publishing of software.
• Publishing comprises acquiring copyrights to content (information products) and making this content available to the general public by reproducing and distributing this content in various forms. Publishers may grant licenses to others to distribute their content, or they may publish and distribute content that they themselves create or own. All executable forms of publishing (in printed, electronic, digital, analog, or other form) and self-publishing fall under this division, with the exception of the publishing of films and music.
• This division includes the streaming of content, e.g., software and books, by content publishers.

What 58 excludes

• The production of films, videos, and feature films, the publishing of music, and the production of original master sound recordings; see division 59
• Obtaining rights from publishers to broadcast and distribute content, see division 60
• Computer programming activities, see division 62
• Activities in the field of printing, see 181
• The mass reproduction of recorded media, see 18200

58 in other systems