Preexisting subscription service

In Section 114 of the U.S. Copyright Act, a preexisting subscription service is "a service that performs sound recordings by means of noninteractive audio-only subscription digital audio transmissions, which was in existence and was making such transmissions to the public for a fee on or before July 31, 1998, and may include a limited number of sample channels representative of the subscription service that are made available on a nonsubscription basis in order to promote the subscription service."

17 U.S.C. §114(j)(11).