Interested copyright party

In Section 1001 of the U.S. Copyright Law, interested copyright party is defined as ":(A)the owner of the exclusive right under section 106(1) of this title to reproduce a sound recording of a musical work that has been embodied in a digital musical recording or analog musical recording lawfully made under this title that has been distributed;


 * (B)the legal or beneficial owner of, or the person that controls, the right to reproduce in a digital musical recording or analog musical recording a musical work that has been embodied in a digital musical recording or analog musical recording lawfully made under this title that has been distributed;


 * (C)a featured recording artist who performs on a sound recording that has been distributed; or


 * (D)any association or other organization—
 * (i)representing persons specified in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C), or


 * (ii)engaged in licensing rights in musical works to music users on behalf of writers and publishers.”