SNI 59.200—Sound recording and music publishing activities

Where 59.200 sits

1. J Publishing, Broadcasting, and Content Production and Distribution Activities
2. 59 Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities
3. 59.2 Sound recording and music publishing activities
4. 59.20 Sound recording and music publishing activities
5. 59.200 Sound recording and music publishing activities

What 59.200 includes

• Production of masters of original sound recordings, including digital ones, which are available online or via physical copy
• Sound recording, including production of recorded (i.e. not live) radio programs, podcasts, sound for films, television, books, etc.
• Music publishing, i.e. activities with: • acquisition and registration of copyrights to musical compositions • promotion, endorsement and use of these compositions in recordings, radio, television, motion pictures, live performances, print and other media • joint publishing and distribution of audio recordings via streaming and downloads
• The publication, marketing and distribution of sound recordings to wholesalers, retailers or directly to the public may include the production of master recordings or the acquisition of reproduction and distribution rights to master recordings.
• Conversion of audio recordings to audio streaming formats
• Publishing of music and sheet music books
• Tapes, audio tapes, recorded, publishing (excluding newspapers and books, other than music books)
• DVDs, sound recordings, publishing (excluding newspapers and books, other than music books)
• Publishing activities, recordings and tape recordings (excluding newspapers and books, other than music books)
• Recording and publishing of audio tapes and cassettes (excluding newspapers and books, other than music books)
• Internet, sound recordings, publishing (excluding newspapers and books, other than music books)
• Internet, publishing of sound recordings on the Internet (excluding newspapers and books, other than music books)
• Audio cassette tapes, recording and publishing (excluding newspapers and books, other than music books)
• Sound, recording of in connection with publication (excluding newspapers and books, other than music books)
• Recordings and tape recordings, publishing activities (excluding newspapers and books, other than music books)
• Record label activities, publishing of sound recordings (excluding newspapers and books, other than music books)
• Record production, recording and publishing of sound recordings (excluding newspapers and books, other than music books)
• Record publishing, sound recordings (excluding newspapers and books, other than music books)
• Licensing services, granting the right to use, reproduce, distribute or incorporate sound recordings
• Monitoring and collection of intellectual property rights in the music sector, e.g. STIM money

What 59.200 excludes

• Reproduction of music or other sound recordings from master copies, see 18.200
• Wholesale of recorded media, see 46.499
• Retail sale of recorded media, see 47.693
• Provision of audio streaming distribution and downloading not in connection with the publication, see 60.100
• Musician activities, see 90.200

Example activities

• stim, compensation from
• tape recording, sound recording and publishing (not copying)
• cds, publishing (excluding newspapers and books, other than music books)
• phonogram publishing
• gramophone record publisher
• gramophone records, recorded, publishing
• recording of radio programs not broadcast live
• operation of sound recording studios
• cassette recording and publishing (excluding newspapers and books, other than music books)
• sound, recording, sound studio activities
• sound recordings, publishing (excluding newspapers and books, other than music books)
• sound production, sound recording, sound studio operations
• operation of sound studios
• matrices, for gramophone records, manufacturing
• media production, sound recording
• music publisher
• music production, publishing of sound recordings
• downloading music from the internet
• sheet music, electronic or printed, publishing
• sheet music, music publishing
• radio programs, production of recorded programs
• advertising spots, production for radio
• recordings, publishing (excluding newspapers and books, other than music books)
• records, recorded, publishing (excluding newspapers and books, other than music books)

59.200 in other systems