Works of the performing arts are works that are intended to be performed for an audience. This category includes a wide variety of creative works, including music, lyrics, sound recordings, scripts, screenplays, choreography, motion pictures, video games, and similar types of works.
Statutory Definition
The Copyright Act states that performing a work “means to recite, render, play, dance, or act it, either directly or by means of any device or process or, in the case of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, to show its images in any sequence or to make the sounds accompanying it audible.” (17 U.S.C. § 101)
Common Type Of Works Registered In This Category
- Albums
- Audio Books
- Beats
- Choreographic Works
- Comedy Routines / Stand Up Routines
- Dramatic Works
- Interviews
- Jingles
- Live Concerts
- Lyrics
- Method / Musical Instruction Books
- Music
- Music & Lyrics
- Music Editing
- Musical Arrangement
- Musical Theater
- Musicals (Song / Script)
- Pantomime
- Podcasts
- Remixes
- Screenplays
- Scripts
- Songs
- Sound Recordings
- Soundtracks
- Spoken Word Recordings
- Stage Plays
- Synopses
- Teleplays
- Treatments
