30-25-303. Definitions, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2025

TITLE 30. TRADE AND COMMERCE

CHAPTER 25. TECHNOLOGY AND DATA MANAGEMENT

Part 3. Child Digital Protection Act

Definitions

30-25-303. Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply:

(1) "Age of majority" means 18 years of age.

(2) "Content creation" means content shared on an online platform that generates compensation.

(3) "Content creator" means a person or persons 18 years of age or older, including family members, who create content performed in the state that generates compensation and includes any proprietorship, partnership, company, or other corporate entity assuming the name or identity of a particular individual or individuals or family members for the purposes of that content creator.

(4) "Likeness" means an image, painting, sketch, model, diagram, or other clear representation, other than a photograph, of an individual's face, body, or part of the individual's face or body, or the distinctive appearance, gestures, or mannerisms of an individual.

(5) "Minor" means a person under 18 years of age whose principal place of residence is in the state.

(6) "Name" means the actual or assumed name or nickname of a living or deceased individual that is intended to identify that individual.

(7) "Online platform" means a public-facing website, web application, or digital application, including a mobile application. The term includes a social network, advertising network, mobile operating system, search engine, e-mail service, monetization platform to sell digital services, streaming service, and paid subscription.

(8) "Photograph" means a photograph or photographic reproduction, still or moving, or a videotape or online or live television transmission of an individual, so that the individual is readily identifiable.

(9) "Video segment" means a self-contained moving visual image that is recorded in an electronic medium.

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 650, L. 2025.