5920 Sound recording and music publishing activities

NOGA 2025
- J PUBLISHING, BROADCASTING, AND CONTENT PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES
  - 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

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 77.39.09
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
This subcategory excludes:
- sound recording services, see 59.20.11
- recording services of live radio broadcasts done within a sound recording studio, see 59.20.12
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.
This subcategory excludes:
- retailing of print music produced by others, see 47.69.04
- licensing of the rights to print or copy a musical composition, see 59.20.40
59.20.3 Music publishing services
59.20.31 Sheet 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 format
59.20.33 Recorded musical content on electronic physical media
59.20.34 Music downloads
This subcategory includes:
- electronic files containing musical audio recordings that can be downloaded and stored on a local device
59.20.35 Streamed musical content
This subcategory excludes:
- online audio books, see 58.11.32
59.20.4 Licensing services of the right to use acoustic originals
59.20.40 Licensing services of 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:
- management services of copyrights owned by a third party, carried out on a fee or contract basis, see 74.91.03
- rental of CDs, DVDs and tapes, see 77.22.07