Under the Copyright Act, a sound recording is defined as a work consisting of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds, fixed in a tangible medium (e.g. a disk, tape, or phonorecord). However, the sounds accompanying a motion picture or other audiovisual work are not considered sound recordings, they are considered derivative work. See 17 U.S.C. §101.
See also: copyright
[Last updated in March of 2022 by the Wex Definitions Team]
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