| | 2.__Definitions.__As used in this section, unless the context | otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following | meanings. |
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| A.__"Media production" means a single-medium or multimedia | feature film, television show or series, video, commercial, | photographic project, interactive computer or video game or | other program intended for a national audience and fixed on | film, video tape, computer disk, laser disc or other | delivery medium that can be viewed or reproduced and that is | exhibited in theaters or by individual television stations | or groups of stations, television networks or cable | television stations or via other means or licensed for home | viewing or use. |
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| | "Media production" does not include: |
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| (1)__A news, current events or public programming show | or a program that includes weather or market reports; |
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| (3)__A sports event or activity; |
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| (4)__A gala presentation or awards show; |
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| (5)__A finished production that solicits funds; or |
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| (6)__A production produced by a media production | company if records, as required by 18 United States | Code, Section 2257, are to be maintained by that media | production company with respect to any performer | portrayed in that production. |
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| B.__"Media production company" means a person engaged in the | business of producing a media production. |
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| C.__"Media production expense" means an expense directly | incurred during the creation of a media production.__This | term includes wages and salaries of individuals employed in | the production on which taxes have been paid or accrued; the | cost of construction, operations, editing and related | services, still and motion photography, sound recording and | synchronization, lighting, wardrobe and accessories; and the | rental of facilities and equipment, including location fees.__ | The term does not include expenses incurred in marketing and | advertising a media production or in printing or otherwise | disseminating a media production. |
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