• NOGA
  • J INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
    • 59 Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities
      • 592 Sound recording and music publishing activities
        • 5920 Sound recording and music publishing activities
          • 592000 Sound recording and music publishing activities

Corresponding CPA codes

• 59.20.1 Sound recording and live recording services; sound recording originals
• 59.20.11 Sound recording services

  This subcategory includes:

  • services rendered in the process of converting sounds, words, and music to a permanent physical format using the specialised technical equipment of a sound recording studio

  This subcategory excludes:

  • live recordings done outside a studio, such as at a concert hall, stadium, outdoor stage, or conference centre, see 59.20.12
  • providing a sound recording studio or sound recording equipment where the client provides the primary technicians and operators of the equipment, see rental of recording studio facilities 77.39.19
• 59.20.12 Live recording services

  This subcategory includes:

  • all recording services performed on location of a live, public event, such as a conference, seminar, meeting, or concert etc.
  • recording of live radio broadcasts done within a sound recording studio

  This subcategory excludes:

  • further recording services performed in a studio, see 59.20.11
• 59.20.13 Sound recording originals

  This subcategory includes:

  • the original recordings of sounds, words, and music converted to a digital or analog format

  This subcategory excludes:

  • radio programme originals, see 59.20.22
• 59.20.2 Radio programme production services; radio programme originals
• 59.20.21 Radio programme production services
• 59.20.22 Radio programme originals

  This subcategory includes:

  • copyrighted radio programmes produced without contract for outright sale (i.e., with all-attendant property rights)

  These originals are produced for sale that is implicitly or explicitly protected by copyright.

• 59.20.3 Music publishing services

  This category excludes:

  • retailing of print music produced by others, see 47.00.58
  • licensing of the rights to print or copy a musical composition, see 59.20.40
• 59.20.31 Printed music

  This subcategory includes:

  • musical compositions in printed form. Includes prints of owned compositions and of those for which the publisher has obtained rights to the composition copyright

  Printed compositions are distributed as sheet music, folios, or books in printed form to wholesalers and retailers for ultimate consumption by consumers.

• 59.20.32 Electronic scores

  This subcategory includes:

  • musical compositions in electronic form
• 59.20.33 Musical audio disks, tapes or other physical media
• 59.20.34 Other audio disks and tapes

  This subcategory excludes:

  • audio books and tapes, see 58.11.20
• 59.20.35 Music downloads

  This subcategory includes:

  • electronic files containing musical audio recordings that can be downloaded and stored on a local device
• 59.20.36 Streamed audio content

  This subcategory includes:

  • streamed audio data sent over the Internet
• 59.20.4 Licensing services for the right to use acoustic originals
• 59.20.40 Licensing services for the right to use acoustic originals

  This subcategory includes:

  • licensing services for the right to reproduce, distribute or incorporate musical originals such as sound recordings, pre-recorded tapes and reprints

  This subcategory excludes:

  • rental of musical CDs, DVDs and tapes, see 77.22.10