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It is used to produce molds for commercial record production and other tapes for use in making cartridges, cassettes, DVDs, and reel tapes. The costs of producing a record master include the cost of the musical talent (musicians, vocal background, and arrangements); the cost of the technical talent for engineering, directing, and mixing; costs for the use of the equipment to record and produce the master; and studio facility charges. Under the standard type of artist contract, the record company bears a portion of the cost and recovers a portion of the cost from the artist out of designated royalties earned. However, either party may bear all or most of the cost.\"><span>record master</span></a> cost borne by the record company shall be reported as an asset if the past performance and current popularity of the artist provides a sound basis for estimating that the cost will be recovered from future sales. </span></span></div></div>","snippet":"The portion of the record master cost borne by the record company shall be reported as an asset if the past performance and current popularity of the artist provides a sound basis for estimating that the cost will be rec…","pending":false,"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:cca25ddbad096830569fad04d5a614f81a39fe9ae94fcb2a64b5ce4c0b61d697","downloaded_from":"2026-09-09T23:57:23.467Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-09T23:57:23.467Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established 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