Subdivision 1.Scope.

For the purpose of sections 325E.169 to 325E.201, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

Subd. 2.Person.

Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 325E.169

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44

“Person” means an individual, firm, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or association.

Subd. 3.Owner.

“Owner” means the person who owns the sounds or images fixed in a master recording upon which sounds or images are recorded and from which the transferred recorded sounds or images are directly or indirectly derived.

Subd. 4.Recording.

“Recording” means the tangible medium on which sounds or images are recorded or otherwise stored and includes a phonograph record, disc, tape, audio or video cassette, wire, film, or other medium now known or later developed on which sounds or images may be recorded or stored.