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17 USC Sec. 1003 - Obligation to make royalty payments
(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.
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(Added Pub. L. 102-563, Sec. 2, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4240.)
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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 801, 802, 1004, 1009,
1010 of this title.
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