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This law was first created in 2007. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 261<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1488673,"object_type":"law","relational_id":373172,"identifier":"59.1-466.1","token":"59.1\/38.1\/59.1-466.1","url":"\/59.1-466.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-466.1\/","token":"59.1\/38.1\/59.1-466.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-466.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:<\/p>

“Performing group<\/span>” means a vocal or instrumental group seeking to use the name of another group that has previously released a commercial sound recording<\/span> under that name.<\/p>

“Recording group<\/span>” means a vocal or instrumental group at least one of whose members has previously released a commercial sound recording<\/span> 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.<\/p>

“Sound recording<\/span>” means a work that results from the fixation on a material<\/span> object<\/span> of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds regardless of the nature of the material<\/span> object<\/span>, such as a disk, tape, or other phono-record, in which the sounds are embodied.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 59.1-466.1)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\n“Performing group” means a vocal or instrumental group seeking to\nuse the name of another group that has previously released a commercial sound\nrecording under that name.\n\n“Recording group” means a vocal or instrumental group at least one\nof whose members has previously released a commercial sound recording under that\ngroup’s name and in which the member or members have a legal right by\nvirtue of use or operation under the group name without having abandoned the\nname or affiliation with the group.\n\n“Sound recording” means a work that results from the fixation on a\nmaterial object of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds regardless of\nthe nature of the material object, such as a disk, tape, or other phono-record,\nin which the sounds are embodied.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, c. 261.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}