2015 US Code
Title 17 - Copyrights (Sections 101 - 1332)
Chapter 10 - Digital Audio Recording Devices and Media (Sections 1001 - 1010)
Subchapter C - Royalty Payments (Sections 1003 - 1007)
Sec. 1003 - Obligation to make royalty payments
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 17 - COPYRIGHTS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 17 - COPYRIGHTS CHAPTER 10 - DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDING DEVICES AND MEDIA SUBCHAPTER C - ROYALTY PAYMENTS Sec. 1003 - Obligation to make royalty payments |
| Contains | section 1003 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 102-563, §2, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4240. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 106 Stat. 4240 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 102-563 |
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(a) Prohibition on Importation and Manufacture.—No person shall import into and distribute, or manufacture and distribute, any digital audio recording device or digital audio recording medium unless such person records the notice specified by this section and subsequently deposits the statements of account and applicable royalty payments for such device or medium specified in section 1004.
(b) Filing of Notice.—The importer or manufacturer of any digital audio recording device or digital audio recording medium, within a product category or utilizing a technology with respect to which such manufacturer or importer has not previously filed a notice under this subsection, shall file with the Register of Copyrights a notice with respect to such device or medium, in such form and content as the Register shall prescribe by regulation.
(c) Filing of Quarterly and Annual Statements of Account.—
(1) Generally.—Any importer or manufacturer that distributes any digital audio recording device or digital audio recording medium that it manufactured or imported shall file with the Register of Copyrights, in such form and content as the Register shall prescribe by regulation, such quarterly and annual statements of account with respect to such distribution as the Register shall prescribe by regulation.
(2) Certification, verification, and confidentiality.—Each such statement shall be certified as accurate by an authorized officer or principal of the importer or manufacturer. The Register shall issue regulations to provide for the verification and audit of such statements and to protect the confidentiality of the information contained in such statements. Such regulations shall provide for the disclosure, in confidence, of such statements to interested copyright parties.
(3) Royalty payments.—Each such statement shall be accompanied by the royalty payments specified in section 1004.
(Added Pub. L. 102–563, §2, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4240.)
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