17 U.S.C. § 1008 — Prohibition on certain infringement actions
submitted 34 years ago by Pub. L. 102-563 to r/title-17-COPYRIGHTS · 63 words · no verdicts yet
This section bars copyright infringement lawsuits based on making, importing, or distributing certain audio recording devices or media. It also bars such lawsuits based on a consumer’s noncommercial use of those devices or media to make digital or analog musical recordings.
No lawsuit under this title may claim copyright infringement based on making, importing, or distributing a digital audio recording device, digital audio recording medium, analog recording device, or analog recording medium. Such a lawsuit also may not be based on a consumer’s noncommercial use of one of those devices or media to make digital or analog musical recordings.
No action may be brought under this title alleging infringement of copyright based on the manufacture, importation, or distribution of a digital audio recording device, a digital audio recording medium, an analog recording device, or an analog recording medium, or based on the noncommercial use by a consumer of such a device or medium for making digital musical recordings or analog musical recordings.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 102–563, § 2, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4244.)
- 1992Enacted · Pub. L. 102-563 · 106 Stat. 4244
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