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17 USC Sec. 509 - Seizure and forfeiture
(a) All copies or phonorecords manufactured, reproduced,
distributed, sold, or otherwise used, intended for use, or
possessed with intent to use in violation of section 506(a), and
all plates, molds, matrices, masters, tapes, film negatives, or
other articles by means of which such copies or phonorecords may be
reproduced, and all electronic, mechanical, or other devices for
manufacturing, reproducing, or assembling such copies or
phonorecords may be seized and forfeited to the United States.
(b) The applicable procedures relating to (i) the seizure,
summary and judicial forfeiture, and condemnation of vessels,
vehicles, merchandise, and baggage for violations of the customs
laws contained in title 19, (ii) the disposition of such vessels,
vehicles, merchandise, and baggage or the proceeds from the sale
thereof, (iii) the remission or mitigation of such forfeiture, (iv)
the compromise of claims, and (v) the award of compensation to
informers in respect of such forfeitures, shall apply to seizures
and forfeitures incurred, or alleged to have been incurred, under
the provisions of this section, insofar as applicable and not
inconsistent with the provisions of this section; except that such
duties as are imposed upon any officer or employee of the Treasury
Department or any other person with respect to the seizure and
forfeiture of vessels, vehicles, merchandise, and baggage under the
provisions of the customs laws contained in title 19 shall be
performed with respect to seizure and forfeiture of all articles
described in subsection (a) by such officers, agents, or other
persons as may be authorized or designated for that purpose by the
Attorney General.
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(Pub. L. 94-553, title I, Sec. 101, Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2587;
Pub. L. 105-80, Sec. 12(a)(14), Nov. 13, 1997, 111 Stat. 1535.)
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AMENDMENTS
1997 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-80 substituted ''merchandise, and
baggage'' for ''merchandise; and baggage'' before ''under the
provisions of the customs laws''.
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CROSS REFERENCES
Acts of infringement subject to this section -
Making and distributing phonorecords, see section 115 of this
title.
Secondary transmission of primary transmission, see section 111
of this title.
Trafficking in counterfeit labels for phonorecords and copies of
motion pictures or other audiovisual works, see section 2318 of
Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
Works consisting of sounds, images, or both, the first fixation
of which is made simultaneously with its transmission, as subject
to this section, although not yet registered, see section 411 of
this title.
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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 109, 111, 115, 119, 122,
411 of this title; title 18 section 2318; title 19 section 1595a.
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