§ 1101 Unauthorized fixation and trafficking in sound recordings and music videos
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Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 17 > Chapter 11 - Sound Recordings and Music Videos

  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • copies: includes the material object, other than a phonorecord, in which the work is first fixed. See 17 USC 101
  • phonorecords: includes the material object in which the sounds are first fixed. See 17 USC 101
  • State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
  • United States: when used in a geographical sense, comprises the several States, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the organized territories under the jurisdiction of the United States Government. See 17 USC 101