Sections
10 entriesSection 21750Defines 'copyright owner' as the enforceable owner of a U.S. copyright in a nondramatic musical work, excluding motion-picture or audiovisual copyrights; 'performing…Section 21751Prohibits a copyright owner or performing rights society from entering or offering a royalty-payment contract with a proprietor unless, at least 72…Section 21751.5Requires a performing rights society to make electronically available to proprietors its most current available list of represented members and affiliates and…Section 21752Requires a California-executed royalty-payment contract to be written and signed by the parties. Requires it to state the proprietor's name and business…Section 21753Prohibits a performing-rights-society representative from discussing royalty contracts or copyrighted-work use without first identifying themselves, from substantially disrupting a proprietor's business through…Section 21754Sets a civil penalty of $5,000 for each violation committed willfully by a person who violates any provision of the act. The…Section 21755Allows a proprietor to sue or counterclaim against a copyright owner or performing rights society to enjoin a chapter violation and recover…Section 21756Establishes that the chapter's rights, remedies, and prohibitions are cumulative and exist in addition to any other right, remedy, or prohibition provided…Section 21757Exempts royalty contracts between copyright owners or performing rights societies and broadcasters licensed by the Federal Communications Commission from the chapter. Limits…Section 21758Exempts conduct engaged in while enforcing the specified Penal Code provision from this chapter. The chapter does not apply to that enforcement…