2011 US Code
Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I - CRIMES (§§ 1 - 2725)
Chapter 113 - STOLEN PROPERTY (§§ 2311 - 2323)
Section 2319B - Unauthorized recording of Motion pictures in a Motion picture exhibition facility
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 113 - STOLEN PROPERTY Sec. 2319B - Unauthorized recording of Motion pictures in a Motion picture exhibition facility |
Contains | section 2319B |
Date | 2011 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 109-9, title I, §102(a), Apr. 27, 2005, 119 Stat. 218; amended Pub. L. 110-403, title II, §204, Oct. 13, 2008, 122 Stat. 4261. |
Statutes at Large References | 119 Stat. 218 122 Stat. 4261 |
Public Law References | Public Law 109-9, Public Law 110-403 |
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(a)
(1) be imprisoned for not more than 3 years, fined under this title, or both; or
(2) if the offense is a second or subsequent offense, be imprisoned for no more than 6 years, fined under this title, or both.
The possession by a person of an audiovisual recording device in a motion picture exhibition facility may be considered as evidence in any proceeding to determine whether that person committed an offense under this subsection, but shall not, by itself, be sufficient to support a conviction of that person for such offense.
(b)
(c)
(d)
(1) may detain, in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time, any person suspected of a violation of this section with respect to that motion picture or audiovisual work for the purpose of questioning or summoning a law enforcement officer; and
(2) shall not be held liable in any civil or criminal action arising out of a detention under paragraph (1).
(e)
(1)
(2)
(A) producers and sellers of legitimate works affected by conduct involved in the offense;
(B) holders of intellectual property rights in the works described in subparagraph (A); and
(C) the legal representatives of such producers, sellers, and holders.
(f)
(g)
(1)
(2)
(Added Pub. L. 109–9, title I, §102(a), Apr. 27, 2005, 119 Stat. 218; amended Pub. L. 110–403, title II, §204, Oct. 13, 2008, 122 Stat. 4261.)
References in TextThe Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, referred to in subsec. (e)(1), are set out in the Appendix to this title.
Amendments2008—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–403 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “When a person is convicted of a violation of subsection (a), the court in its judgment of conviction shall, in addition to any penalty provided, order the forfeiture and destruction or other disposition of all unauthorized copies of motion pictures or other audiovisual works protected under title 17, or parts thereof, and any audiovisual recording devices or other equipment used in connection with the offense.”
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