Civil Code § 2500

As used in this title:

(a) “Royalty recipient” means a party to a contract for the furnishing of services in the production of sound recordings, as defined in Section 101 of Title 17 of the United States Code, who has the right to receive royalties under that contract.

(b) A “royalty reporting party” is the party obligated to pay royalties to the royalty recipient under the contract described in subdivision (a).