North Dakota Century Code Title 47. Property § 47-21.2-01. Definitions

1. “Copyright laws of the United States” means those laws specified pursuant to title 17 of the United States Code [Pub. L. 94-553; 17 U.S.C. 101 et seq.].

2. “Copyright owner” means the owner of a copyright of a musical work other than a motion picture or other audiovisual work or part of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, which is recognized and enforceable under the copyright laws of the United States.

3. “Performing rights society” means an association or corporation that licenses the public performance of nondramatic musical works on behalf of copyright owners, including the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers; Broadcast Music, Incorporated; and SESAC, Incorporated.

4. “Proprietor” means the owner of a retail establishment, restaurant, inn, bar, tavern, sports or entertainment facility, not for-profit organization, or any other place of business or professional office located in this state in which the public may assemble and in which musical works may be performed, broadcast, or otherwise transmitted for the enjoyment of the members of the public in that place.

5. “Royalties” means the license fees payable by a proprietor to a performing rights society for the nondramatic public performance of musical works.