47-18-5302 - Part definitions. - Tennessee Statutes

47-18-5302. Part definitions.

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

     (1)  “Performing group” means a vocal or instrumental group seeking to use the name of another group that has previously released a commercial sound recording under that name;

     (2)  “Recording group” means a vocal or instrumental group at least one (1) of whose members has previously released a commercial sound recording under that group's name and in which the member or members have a legal right by virtue of use or operation under the group name without having abandoned the name or affiliation with the group; and

     (3)  “Sound recording” means a work that results from the fixation on a material object of a series of musical, spoken or other sounds regardless of the nature of the material object, such as a disc, tape, or other phono-record, in which the sounds are embodied.

[Acts 2007, ch. 277, § 1.]