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Definitions. (cont'd)
1102.05
Producer of phonograms. The "producer of a phonogram" is the person who, or the legal entity which, first fixes the sounds of a performance or other sounds. Article l(b), Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms, 25 U.S.T. 309, 325, T.I.A.S. No. 7808 (Done at Geneva Oct. 29, 1971: entered into force in the United States Mar. 10, 1974).
1102.06
Sovereign authority of a foreign nation. A "sovereign authority of a foreign nation" is a governmental agency or subdivision of
a foreign nation, e.g., a ministry of the government of Norway, or a province of Canada.1102.07
Stateless. A stateless person is a person who has no nationality, either as the result of never having acquired nationality in any nation, or as the result of having effectively renounced or having been deprived of his or her former nationality without having, as yet, become a national of any nation.
1102.08
United States. The "united States," when used in a geographical sense, comprises the several States, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the organized territories under the jurisdiction of the United States Government. 17 U.S.C. 101.
1102.08(a)
Organized territories. The "organized territories under the jurisdiction of the United States Government" are those or which the Congress has provided organic acts which serve the same purpose as do the constitutions of the States. The organized territories include Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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