P.R. Laws tit. 33, § 2169
For the purposes of this chapter, the words and phrases stated below shall have the following meaning, except when the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) Pressing. — Means incorporating material in a recording or other tangible medium of expression by its author or with his/her authorization, so that the material incorporated is sufficiently permanent or stable to allow it to be perceived, reproduced or otherwise communicated during a period of time which is not transitory.
(b) Live performance. — Means a recital, presentation or performance of a series of musical or spoken images, or of sound, or a combination of images and sounds.
(c) Manufacturer. — Means the entity which authorizes the duplication of the special recording in question, but does not include the manufacturer of the slipcase or the wrapping.
(d) Owner. — Means the person who owns the sounds pressed, or contained on a master phonograph record, a master record, master tape, master film or any other recording on which sounds have been recorded or may be recorded and from which the sounds that have been presssed and transferred are directly or indirectly derived.
(e) Person. — Means any individual, partnership, corporation or association or any other legal entity.
(f) Recording. — Means a tangible medium in which sounds, images or both are recorded or otherwise stored, including original phonograph records, records, compact discs, audio and video tapes, wire communication, films or other media now in existence or to be developed in the future, and on which sounds, images or both, are recorded or may be recorded or otherwise stored, or a copy or reproduction which totally or partially duplicates the original.
(g) Tangible media of expression. — Means the material object on which sounds, images or a combination of both, are pressed using any method known today or to be developed in the future, and from which sounds, images or a combination of both may be perceived, reproduced or otherwise communicated, be it directly or with the help of a machine or device.
(h) Transfer. — Means to duplicate a recording from one tangible medium of expression to another.
(i) True name and address. — Means the real name and address of the manufacturer who authorizes the duplication of the recording in question.
History —July 28, 1994, No. 43, § 2.