(a) Unauthorized
Acts. - Anyone who,
without the consent of the performer or performers involved -
(1)
fixes the sounds or sounds and images of a live musical performance in a copy or
phonorecord, or reproduces copies or phono records of such a performance from an
unauthorized fixation,
(2)
transmits or otherwise communicates to the public the sounds or sounds and
images of a live musical performance, or
(3)
distributes or offers to distribute, sells or offers to sell, rents or offers to
rent, or traffics in any copy or phono record fixed as described in paragraph
(1), regardless of whether the fixations occurred in the United States,
shall be subject to the
remedies provided in sections
502 through 505,
to the same extent as an infringer of copyright.
(b) Definition.
- As used in this section, the term "traffic in" means transport,
transfer, or otherwise dispose of, to another, as consideration for anything of
value, or make or obtain control of with intent to transport, transfer, or
dispose of.
(c) Applicability.
- This section shall apply to any act or acts that occur on or after the date of
the enactment of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
(d) State
Law Not Preempted. -
Nothing in this section may be construed to annul or limit any rights or
remedies under the common law or statutes of any State.
1In 1994, the Uruguay Round Agreements Act added chapter
11, entitled "Sound Recordings and Music Videos," to title 17. Pub. L.
No. 103-465, 108 Stat. 4809, 4974.