5521 Music Publishing
This class consists of units mainly engaged in acquiring and registering copyrights for musical compositions and promoting and authorising the use of these compositions in recordings, radio, television, motion pictures, live performances, print, or other media. Units in this class represent the interest of the composing unit, or other owners of musical compositions, to produce revenues from the use of such works, usually through licensing agreements. These units may own the copyright or act as administrator of the music copyrights on behalf of copyright owners. Also included in this class are units publishing sheet music (including in bound book form).
- Parent group
- 552 Sound Recording and Music Publishing
- Edition
- 2006 Revision 2.0
- Status
- Active
What this code includes
This class consists of units mainly engaged in acquiring and registering copyrights for musical compositions and promoting and authorising the use of these compositions in recordings, radio, television, motion pictures, live performances, print, or other media. Units in this class represent the interest of the composing unit, or other owners of musical compositions, to produce revenues from the use of such works, usually through licensing agreements. These units may own the copyright or act as administrator of the music copyrights on behalf of copyright owners. Also included in this class are units publishing sheet music (including in bound book form).
Activities and examples
- Authorising use of copyrighted musical composition
- Music book publishing
- Music book (bound sheet music) publishing
- Music copyright buying and selling
- Music publishing
- Sheet music publishing
- Song publishing
Exclusions and references
- composing music - see ANZSIC 9002 (Creative Artists, Musicians, Writers and Performers)
- printing sheet music without publishing - see ANZSIC 1611 (Printing)
Classification hierarchy
Correspondence mappings
Related ATO BIC codes
Other classes in this group
In this section
- 5521Music Publishing
- 5522Music and Other Sound Recording Activities
Official source
- Official source
- ABS detailed classification page
- Last reviewed
- 2026-04-17
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