PUBLIC LAW 102-563—OCT. 28, 1992 106 STAT. 4237

Public Law 102-563
102d Congress

An Act

To amend title 17, United States Code, to implement a royalty payment system Q^ £0 1990

and a serial copy management system for digital audio recording, to prohibit ----- ' 1(L.y.-----

certain copyright infringement actions, and for other purposes. I lb^J

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled, Audio Home

____ Recording Act

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. of 1992.

This Act may be cited as the "Audio Home Recording Act IL.?801001
of 1992".

SEC. 2. IMPORTATION, MANUFACTURE, AND DISTRIBUTION OF DIGI-
TAL AUDIO RECORDING DEVICES AND MEDIA,

Title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:

"SUBCHAPTER A—DEFINITIONS

"Sec.

"1001. Definitions.

"SUBCHAPTER B—COPYING CONTROLS
"1002. Incorporation of copying controls.

"SUBCHAPTER C—ROYALTY PAYMENTS

"1003. Obligation to make royalty payments.

"1004. Royalty payments.

"1005. Deposit of royalty payments and deduction of expenses.

"1006. Entitlement to royalty payments.

"1007. Procedures for distributing royalty payments.

"SUBCHAPTER D—PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN INFRINGEMENT ACTIONS,
REMEDIES, AND ARBITRATION

"1008. Prohibition on certain infringement actions.

"1009. Civil remedies.

"1010. Arbitration of certain disputes.

"SUBCHAPTER A—DEFINITIONS

M§ 1001. Definitions

"As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following
meanings:

"(1) A 'digital audio copied recording' is a reproduction
in a digital recording format of a digital musical recording,
whether that reproduction is made directly from another digital
musical recording or indirectly from a transmission.

"(2) A 'digital audio interface device' is any machine or
device that is designed specifically to communicate digital audio
information and related interface data to a digital audio record-
ing device through a nonprofessional interface.