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UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2007 – SIC(2007)
Explanatory Notes
Section J
Information and Communication
This section includes the production and distribution of information and cultural products, the provision of the means to
transmit or distribute these products, as well as data or communications, information technology activities and the
processing of data and other information service activities.
The main components of this section are publishing activities (division 58), including software publishing, motion picture
and sound recording activities (division 59), radio and TV broadcasting and programming activities (division 60),
telecommunications activities (division 61), information technology activities (division 62) and other information service
activities (division 63).
Publishing includes the acquisition of copyrights for content (information products) and making this content available to
the general public by engaging in (or arranging for) the reproduction and distribution of this content in various forms. All
the feasible forms of publishing (in print, electronic or audio form, on the internet, as multimedia products such as
CD-ROM reference books etc.) are included in this section.
Activities related to production and distribution of TV programming span divisions 59, 60 and 61, reflecting different
stages in this process. Individual components, such as movies, television series etc. are produced by activities in division
59, while the creation of a complete television channel programme, from components produced in division 59 or other
components (such as live news programming) is included in division 60. Division 60 also includes the broadcasting of this
programme by the producer. The distribution of the complete television programme by third parties, i.e. without any
alteration of the content, is included in division 61. This distribution in division 61 can be done through broadcasting,
satellite or cable systems.
58 Publishing activities
This division includes the publishing of books, brochures, leaflets, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, atlases, maps and charts;
publishing of newspapers, journals and periodicals; directory and mailing list and other publishing, as well as software
publishing.
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Publishing includes the acquisition of copyrights to content (information products) and making this content available to the
general public by engaging in (or arranging for) the reproduction and distribution of this content in various forms. All the
feasible forms of publishing (in print, electronic or audio form, on the internet, as multimedia products such as CD-ROM
reference books etc.), except publishing of motion pictures, are included in this division.
This division excludes the publishing of motion pictures, video tapes and movies on DVD or similar media (division 59) and the
production of master copies for records or audio material (division 59). Also excluded is printing (see 18.11, 18.12) and the mass
reproduction of recorded media (see 18.20).
58.1 Publishing of books, periodicals and other publishing activities
This group includes activities of publishing books, newspapers, magazines and other periodicals, directories and mailing lists,
and other works such as photos, engravings, postcards, timetables, forms, posters and reproductions of works of art. These
works are characterised by the intellectual creativity required in their development and are usually protected by copyright.
58.11 Book publishing
This class includes the activities of publishing of books in print, electronic (CD, electronic displays etc.) or audio form or on the
Internet.
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publishing of books, brochures, leaflets and similar publications, including publishing of dictionaries and encyclopaedias
publishing of atlases, maps and charts
publishing of audio books
publishing of encyclopaedias etc. on CD-ROM
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production of globes, see 32.99
publishing of advertising material, see 58.19
publishing of music and sheet books, see 59.20
activities of independent authors, see 90.03
58.12 Publishing of directories and mailing lists
This class includes the publishing of lists of facts/information (databases) that are protected in their form, but not in their
content. These lists can be published in printed or electronic form.
This class includes:
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publishing of mailing lists
publishing of telephone books
– publishing of other directories and compilations, such as case law, pharmaceutical compendia etc.
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