North Carolina General Statutes 75-125. Short title and definitions
(a) Short Title. – This Article may be cited as the Truth in Music Advertising Act.
(b) Definitions. – The following definitions apply in this Article:
(1) Performing group. – A vocal or instrumental group seeking to use the name of another group that has previously released a commercial sound recording under that name.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 75-125
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(2) Recording group. – A vocal or instrumental group at least one 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.
(3) Sound recording. – 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 disk, tape, or other phono-record, in which the sounds are embodied. (2009-284, s. 1.)