§ 1003. — Obligation to make royalty payments.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 17USC1003]
TITLE 17--COPYRIGHTS
CHAPTER 10--DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDING DEVICES AND MEDIA
SUBCHAPTER C--ROYALTY PAYMENTS
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.
(Added Pub. L. 102-563, Sec. 2, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4240.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 801, 802, 1004, 1009, 1010
of this title.
