Code protect copyright owners from the unauthorized reproduction, adaptation or distribution of sound recordings, as well as certain digital performances to the public. The penalties differ slightly, depending upon whether the infringing activity is for commercial advantage or private financial gain. Repeat offenders can be imprisoned for up to 10 years. The NET Act also extends statute of limitations of copyright infringement from 3 to 5 years. Repeat offenders can be imprisoned up to 6 years.
Most state laws echo federal laws.
Most states have unauthorized duplication statutes that make it illegal to copy, reproduce, and distribute sound recordings without authorization. Those statutes apply to songs recorded before 1972, the year that sound recordings were added to the list of works protected by federal copyright law. Some states have unfair competition laws that address piracy. Some have true name and address statutes that make it illegal to manufacture, sell, distribute, or possess for those purposes, CDs, tapes, or records that don't have the name and address of the manufacturer, and in some cases the performer as well. Some states have bootleg statutes much like the federal one.