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Chapter 19.25 RCW: REPRODUCED SOUND RECORDINGS
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Chapter 19.25 RCW
REPRODUCED SOUND RECORDINGS
19.25.010 Definitions.
19.25.020 Reproduction of sound without consent of owner unlawful—Fine and penalty.
19.25.030 Use of recording of live performance without consent of owner unlawful—Fine and penalty.
19.25.040 Failure to disclose origin of certain recordings unlawful—Fine and penalty.
19.25.050 Contraband recordings—Disposition, forfeiture, penalty.
19.25.100 Truth in music advertising.
19.25.800 Chapter not applicable to broadcast by commercial or educational radio or television.
19.25.810 Chapter not applicable to certain nonrecorded broadcast use.
19.25.820 Chapter not applicable to defined public record.
RCW 19.25.010
(1) "Owner" means a person who owns the sounds fixed in a master phonograph record, master disc, master tape, master film, or other recording on which sound is or can be recorded and from which the transferred recorded sounds are directly or indirectly derived.
[ 1991 c 38 § 1; 1974 ex.s. c 100 § 1.]
RCW 19.25.020
Reproduction of sound without consent of owner unlawful—Fine and penalty.
(b) Transports within this state, for commercial advantage or private financial gain, a recording with the knowledge that the sounds have been reproduced or transferred without the consent of the owner; or
(2)(a) An offense under this section is a class B felony punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars, imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both if:
(ii) The defendant has been previously convicted under this section.
(b) An offense under this section is a class C felony punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars, imprisonment for not more than five years, or both, if the offense involves more than one hundred but less than one thousand unauthorized recordings during a one hundred eighty-day period.
(c) Any other offense under this section is a gross misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars, imprisonment for up to three hundred sixty-four days, or both.
(3) This section does not affect the rights and remedies of a party in private litigation.
(4) This section applies only to recordings that were initially fixed before February 15, 1972.
[ 2011 c 96 § 17; 2003 c 53 § 143; 1991 c 38 § 2; 1974 ex.s. c 100 § 2.]
Use of recording of live performance without consent of owner unlawful—Fine and penalty.
(2)(a) An offense under this section is a class B felony punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars, imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both, if:
(b) An offense under this section is a class C felony punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars, imprisonment for not more than five years, or both, if the offense involves more than one hundred but less than one thousand unauthorized recordings embodying sound or more than ten but less than one hundred unauthorized audiovisual recordings during a one hundred eighty-day period.
(3) In the absence of a written agreement or law to the contrary, the performer or performers of a live performance are presumed to own the rights to record or fix those sounds.
(4) For the purposes of this section, a person who is authorized to maintain custody and control over business records that reflect whether or not the owner of the live performance consented to having the live performance recorded or fixed is a competent witness in a proceeding regarding the issue of consent.
(5) This section does not affect the rights and remedies of a party in private litigation.
[ 2011 c 96 § 18; 2003 c 53 § 144; 1991 c 38 § 3; 1974 ex.s. c 100 § 3.]
RCW 19.25.040
Failure to disclose origin of certain recordings unlawful—Fine and penalty.
(b) An offense under this section is a class C felony punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars, imprisonment for not more than five years, or both, if the offense involves more than ten but less than one hundred unauthorized recordings during a one hundred eighty-day period.
[ 2011 c 96 § 19; 2003 c 53 § 145; 1991 c 38 § 4; 1974 ex.s. c 100 § 4.]
RCW 19.25.050
Contraband recordings—Disposition, forfeiture, penalty.
(1) All recordings which have been fixed transferred, or possessed without the consent of the owner in violation of RCW 19.25.020 or 19.25.030, and any recording which does not contain the true name and address of the manufacturer in violation of RCW 19.25.040 shall be deemed to be contraband. The court shall order the seizure, forfeiture, and destruction or other disposition of such contraband.
[ 1991 c 38 § 5.]
RCW 19.25.800
Chapter not applicable to broadcast by commercial or educational radio or television.
[ 1991 c 38 § 6.]
RCW 19.25.810
Chapter not applicable to certain nonrecorded broadcast use.
[ 1991 c 38 § 7.]
RCW 19.25.820
Chapter not applicable to defined public record.
[ 1991 c 38 § 8.]