material objects in which sounds, other than those accompanying a motion picture or other audiovisual work, are fixed by any method now known or later developed and from which the sounds can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. Thus, a compact disc is a phonorecord.
Any material object onto which sounds, other than those on a soundtrack of an audio-visual work, can be recorded including an audiocassette, a CD, or a vinyl disc. To Top of Page