Utah Code 13-10-4. Prohibited practices
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It is unlawful for any individual, partnership, corporation, or association:
(1) to knowingly transfer or cause to be transferred, directly or indirectly, for sale or profit within this state, without the express consent of the owner, by any means, any sounds recorded on a phonographic record, disc, wire, tape, film, or other article or material on which sounds are recorded onto any other phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film, article, or material;
Terms Used In Utah Code 13-10-4
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Owner: means the person, corporation, partnership, or business association who owns the sounds fixed in a master phonograph record, master disc, master wire, master tape, master film, or other device used for reproducing recorded sounds on phonograph records, discs, wires, tapes, films, or other articles or materials in which sound is recorded and from which the transferred recorded sounds are directly or indirectly derived. See Utah Code 13-10-3
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2) to sell, distribute, circulate, or offer for sale, distribution or circulation, or cause to be sold, distributed, circulated, or possess for the purpose of sale, distribution, or circulation, within the state, for a consideration, any phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film, or other article or material onto which such sounds have been transferred, with the knowledge that the sounds thereon have been transferred without the express consent of the owner; or
(3) to knowingly rent, make available, or permit the use of, or offer to rent, make available, or permit the use of, for a fee, rental, or any other form of compensation, any equipment or machinery for the purpose of enabling, aiding, or causing another to transfer without the consent of the owner any sounds recorded on a phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film, or other article or material onto any other phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film, article, or material.