New Jersey legal term
Sound recording in New Jersey Criminal Law
Current through 2026 New Jersey legislative session
In New Jersey criminal law, “Sound recording” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the New Jersey criminal code.
What does “Sound recording” mean in New Jersey criminal law?
"Sound recording" means any phonograph record, disc, tape, film, wire, cartridge, cassette, player piano roll or similar material object from which sounds can be reproduced either directly or with the aid of a machine. (2) "Owner" means (a) the person who owns the sounds fixed in any master sound recording on which the original sounds were fixed and from which transferred recorded sounds are directly or indirectly derived; or (b) the person who owns the rights to record or authorize the recording of a live performance. (3) "Audiovisual work" means any work that consists of a series of rela (N.J.S.A. 2C:21-21)
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