Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 17 : Section 506


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 506. Criminal offenses

      (a) Criminal Infringement. - Any person who infringes a copyright
    willfully either - 
        (1) for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial
      gain, or
        (2) by the reproduction or distribution, including by
      electronic means, during any 180-day period, of 1 or more copies
      or phonorecords of 1 or more copyrighted works, which have a
      total retail value of more than $1,000,

    shall be punished as provided under section 2319 of title 18,
    United States Code. For purposes of this subsection, evidence of
    reproduction or distribution of a copyrighted work, by itself,
    shall not be sufficient to establish willful infringement.
      (b) Forfeiture and Destruction. - When any person is convicted of
    any violation of subsection (a), the court in its judgment of
    conviction shall, in addition to the penalty therein prescribed,
    order the forfeiture and destruction or other disposition of all
    infringing copies or phonorecords and all implements, devices, or
    equipment used in the manufacture of such infringing copies or
    phonorecords.
      (c) Fraudulent Copyright Notice. - Any person who, with
    fraudulent intent, places on any article a notice of copyright or
    words of the same purport that such person knows to be false, or
    who, with fraudulent intent, publicly distributes or imports for
    public distribution any article bearing such notice or words that
    such person knows to be false, shall be fined not more than $2,500.
      (d) Fraudulent Removal of Copyright Notice. - Any person who,
    with fraudulent intent, removes or alters any notice of copyright
    appearing on a copy of a copyrighted work shall be fined not more
    than $2,500.
      (e) False Representation. - Any person who knowingly makes a
    false representation of a material fact in the application for
    copyright registration provided for by section 409, or in any
    written statement filed in connection with the application, shall
    be fined not more than $2,500.
      (f) Rights of Attribution and Integrity. - Nothing in this
    section applies to infringement of the rights conferred by section
    106A(a).



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