§ 509. — Seizure and forfeiture.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 17USC509]
TITLE 17--COPYRIGHTS
CHAPTER 5--COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES
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.
(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.)
Amendments
1997--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-80 substituted ``merchandise, and
baggage'' for ``merchandise; and baggage'' before ``under the provisions
of the customs laws''.
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.
