Anyone who, without the consent of the performer
or performers involved-
(1) fixes the sounds or sounds and images of a live musical performance
in a copy or phonorecord, or reproduces copies or phonorecords of such a
performance from an unauthorized fixation,
(2) transmits or otherwise communicates to the public the sounds or
sounds and images of a live musical performance, or
(3) distributes or offers to distribute, sells or offers to sell, rents
or offers to rent, or traffics in any copy or phonorecord fixed as
described in paragraph (1), regardless of whether the fixations occurred
in the United States,
shall be subject to the remedies provided in sections 502 through 505,
to the same extent as an infringer of copyright.
(b) Definition. As used in this section, the term "traffic in" means
transport, transfer, or otherwise dispose of, to another, as
consideration for anything of value, or make or obtain control of with
intent to transport, transfer, or dispose of.
(c) Applicability. This section shall apply to any act or acts that
occur on or after the date of the enactment of the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act.
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