{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-642.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 642.002","heading":"COMMERCIAL RECORDING OR AUDIOVISUAL WORK.","body":"For purposes of this chapter, a recording or audiovisual work is considered to be a commercial recording or audiovisual work if the owner, assignee, authorized agent, or licensee of the recording or work disseminates or intends to disseminate the recording or work for sale, rental, or performance or exhibition to the public, including under license, regardless of whether the person who disseminates the recording or work seeks commercial advantage or private financial gain from the dissemination.\nAdded by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (S.B. 855), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2022.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 14. RECORDINGS","CHAPTER 642. ELECTRONIC DISSEMINATION OF COMMERCIAL RECORDINGS OR AUDIOVISUAL WORKS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.642.htm#642.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"8aa0fd23f5c230ecf2af1ee4d6c4b50c6866599dbf82125e1b7ed29a37062930","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-642.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-642.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}