2016 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 11 - Copyrighted Performances of Musical Works
Section 21753.

21753. (a) No representative or agent of a performing rights society may do any of the following:

(1) Discuss with the proprietor or the proprietor s employee, a contract for payment of royalties by a proprietor or the use of copyrighted works by the proprietor, without first identifying himself or herself to the proprietor or the proprietor s employees.

(2) Engage in any coercive conduct, act, or practice that is substantially disruptive of a proprietor s business, or use or attempt to use a fraudulent act, as defined in Section 1572 of the Civil Code.

(3) Fail to comply with Section 21751, 21751.5, or 21752.

(b) This chapter does not prohibit a copyright owner or performing rights society from conducting investigations to determine the existence of music use by a proprietor or informing a proprietor of the proprietor s obligation under Title 17 of the United States Code.

(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 340, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)