California Business and Professions Code

§ 21753

BPC § 21753 Effective Jan 1, 1997Div. 8 · Ch. 11

Statute text

(a)No representative or agent of a performing rights society may do any of the following:

(1)Discuss with the proprietor or the proprietor’s employee, a contract for payment of royalties by a proprietor or the use of copyrighted works by the proprietor, without first identifying himself or herself to the proprietor or the proprietor’s employees.

(2)Engage in any coercive conduct, act, or practice that is substantially disruptive of a proprietor’s business, or use or attempt to use a fraudulent act, as defined in Section 1572 of the Civil Code.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 340, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.