North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada 2012

• 51 - Information and cultural industries
• 512 - Motion picture and sound recording industries
• 5122 - Sound recording industries
• 51223 - Music publishers

512230 - Music publishers

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in acquiring and registering copyrights in musical compositions, in accordance with the law, and promoting and authorizing the use of these compositions in recordings, on radio and television, in motion pictures, live performances, print, multimedia or other media. These establishments represent the interests of songwriters or other owners of musical compositions in generating revenues from the use of such works, generally through licensing agreements. They may own the copyrights or act as administrators of the music copyrights on behalf of copyright owners.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • music copyright buying and licensing
  • sheet music publishing

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • songwriters who act as their own publishers (See 711513 Independent writers and authors)