WZ 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 section covers the publishing of books, brochures, leaflets, dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, maps, and diagrams; the publishing of newspapers, magazines, and journals; the publishing of directories and address lists; and other publishing activities (including software publishing).
• Publishing is understood as the acquisition of copyrights to content (information products) and making this content available to the public by carrying out (or arranging) the reproduction and distribution of this content in various forms. Publishers may only publish and grant licenses to others for the distribution of their content, or they may publish and distribute content they have created or own. This section includes all possible forms of publishing (in print, digital, analog, or other formats) as well as self-publishing activities, except for the publishing of films and music.
• This section also includes the streaming of content (e.g., software and books) by the content publishers.

What 58 excludes

• This division does not include the production of feature films, videos and movies, the publishing of music and the production of original sound recordings, see Division 59.
• Also excluded are the acquisition of rights from publishers for the broadcasting and distribution of content (see Division 60), computer programming activities (see Division 62), printing (see Group 18.1) and the mass duplication of recorded sound, image and data carriers (see 18.20.0).

58 in other systems