North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2012 Version 1.2

722 - Licensing of content (except software licensing)

This group comprises licences for the commercial use of intellectual property protected by copyright other than software.

  • Exclusion(s)

    • intellectual property produced on own account for sale with all-attendant rights (See 631 Intellectual property and related products)
    • licences for the commercial use of intellectual property other than property protected by copyright (See 65111 Licensing of rights to non-financial intangible assets (except software and other copyright licensing))
    • licences for the commercial use of software (See 481 Published products, and recorded and unrecorded media)
    • licences for the end use of products protected by copyright (end-user licence agreements) (See 481 Published products, and recorded and unrecorded media)

72212 - Licensing of rights to use musical works and sound recordings

This class comprises licences for the commercial use of musical works and sound recordings.

  • Exclusion(s)

    • musical works produced on own account for sale with all-attendant rights (See 6312141 Musical works protected by copyright)

722121 - Licensing of rights to use musical works

This subclass comprises licences for the commercial use of musical works such as performing rights, mechanical rights, synchronization rights, videogram rights, commercial advertisement rights and print rights.

  • Exclusion(s)

    • musical works produced on own account for sale with all-attendant rights (See 6312141 Musical works protected by copyright)

722122 - Licensing of rights to use sound recordings

This subclass comprises licences for the commercial use of sound recordings such as the rights to reproduce, distribute, broadcast or publicly perform sound recordings.

  • Exclusion(s)

    • sound recordings produced on own account for sale with all-attendant rights (See 6312141 Musical works protected by copyright)

722123 - Distribution of sound recordings for others

This subclass comprises the distribution of sound recordings to wholesalers and retailers for record companies.

  • Exclusion(s)

    • licences to distribute sound recordings (See 7221222 Licensing of rights to distribute sound recordings)
    • retail distribution services for sound recordings (See 5614141 Audio and video recordings, at retail)
    • wholesale services for sound recordings (See 5511462 Audio recordings at wholesale)
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