Texas Business & Commerce Code

§ 642.101 — DECLARATORY JUDGMENT OR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

BC § 642.101Title 14. RECORDINGS · Ch. 642. ELECTRONIC DISSEMINATION OF COMMERCIAL RECORDINGS OR AUDIOVISUAL WORKS · Art. C. ENFORCEMENT

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(a)An owner, assignee, authorized agent, or exclusive licensee of a commercial recording or audiovisual work electronically disseminated by a website or online service in violation of this chapter may bring a private cause of action against a person who violates or threatens to violate this chapter to obtain:

(1)a declaratory judgment; and

(2)permanent or temporary injunctive relief.

(b)Before filing an action under this section, the aggrieved party must provide notice to the person alleged to be in violation of this chapter that states:

(1)the person may be in violation of this chapter; and

(2)that failure to cure the violation before the 14th day after the date of receiving the notice may result in an action being filed against the person under this section.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (S.B. 855), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2022.