Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 2101.002 - Definitions In this chapter:
(1) "Art" means a commonly recognized art form, including a painting, sound recording of a musical performance, sculpture, drawing, work of graphic art, pottery, weaving, batik, macrame, or quilt.(2) "Art dealer" means a person in the business of selling works of art.(3) "Artist" means the creator of a work of art or, if the creator is dead, the creator's estate.(4) "Creditor" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.201, Business & Commerce Code.(5) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association.(6) "Recording distributor" means a person who acquires a sound recording and sells the sound recording to another person for use or resale.(7) "Sound recording" means a tangible medium on which music or other sounds are recorded or otherwise stored, including a phonograph record, disc, tape, cassette, or other medium now existing or developed later on which music or other sounds are or can be recorded or otherwise stored or a copy or reproduction that duplicates in whole or in part the original. The term does not include a medium on which the primary recorded information is information other than music or other sound, such as a motion picture or computer program, and that contains recorded sound as an integrated part of the primary recorded information.Tex. Occ. Code § 2101.002
Amended By Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 233, Sec. 1, eff. 5/27/2005. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.