Texas Business & Commerce Code
§ 641.052 — UNAUTHORIZED RECORDING OF LIVE PERFORMANCE
BC § 641.052Title 14. RECORDINGS · Ch. 641. UNAUTHORIZED RECORDINGS · Art. B. PROHIBITED PRACTICES; PENALTIES
Statute text
View on source(a)A person commits an offense if the person, with the knowledge that a live performance has been recorded or fixed without the consent of the owner:
(1)for commercial advantage or private financial gain, advertises, offers for sale, sells, rents, or transports, causes the sale, resale, rental, or transportation of, or possesses for one or more of these purposes a recording containing sounds of the live performance; or
(2)with the intent to sell for commercial advantage or private financial gain, records or fixes the live performance, or causes the live performance to be recorded or fixed on a recording.
(b)An offense under this section is punishable by:
(1)imprisonment for a term of not more than five years, a fine not to exceed $250,000, or both, if:
(A)the offense involves at least 1,000 unauthorized recordings embodying sound or at least 65 unauthorized audiovisual recordings during a 180-day period; or
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.