714.15 Reproduction of sound recordings.
1. For the purposes of this section:
a. “Owner” means any person who owns the original fixation of sounds embodied in the master phonograph record, master disc, master tape, master film or other device used for reproducing sounds on phonograph records, discs, tapes, films, or other articles upon which sound is recorded, and from which the transferred recorded sounds are derived.
b. “Person” shall mean person as defined in section 4.1, subsection 20.
2. Except as provided in subsection 4, it is unlawful for a person knowingly to:
a. Transfer or cause to be transferred any sounds recorded on a phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film or other article without the consent of the owner; or
b. Sell; distribute; circulate; offer for sale, distribution or circulation; possess for the purpose of sale, distribution or circulation; or cause to be sold, distributed, circulated; offered for sale, distribution or circulation; or possessed for sale, distribution or circulation, any article or device on which sounds have been transferred without the consent of the person who owns the master phonograph record, master disc, master tape or other device or article from which the sounds are derived.
3. It is unlawful for a person to sell, distribute, circulate, offer for sale, distribution or circulation or possess for the purposes of sale, distribution or circulation, any phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film or other article on which sounds have been transferred unless the phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film or other article bears the actual name and address of the transferor of the sounds in a prominent place on its outside face or package.
4. This section does not apply to a person who transfers or causes to be transferred sounds intended for or in connection with radio or television broadcast transmission or related uses, synchronized sound tracks of motion pictures or sound tracks recorded for synchronizing with motion pictures, for archival purposes or for the personal use of the person transferring or causing the transfer and without any compensation being derived by the person from the transfer.
5. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of theft.
[C77, §713.44, 713.45; C79, 81, §714.15]
2013 Acts, ch 90, §232
Referred to in §549.9
Structure Iowa Code
Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 714 - THEFT, FRAUD, AND RELATED OFFENSES
Section 714.1 - Theft defined.
Section 714.2 - Degrees of theft.
Section 714.4 - Claim of right.
Section 714.5 - Library materials and equipment — unpurchased merchandise — evidence of intention.
Section 714.7 - Operating vehicle without owner’s consent.
Section 714.7B - Theft detection devices — shield or removal prohibited.
Section 714.7C - Theft of pseudoephedrine — enhancement.
Section 714.7D - Retail motor fuel.
Section 714.8 - Fraudulent practices defined.
Section 714.9 - Fraudulent practice in the first degree.
Section 714.10 - Fraudulent practice in the second degree.
Section 714.11 - Fraudulent practice in the third degree.
Section 714.12 - Fraudulent practice in the fourth degree.
Section 714.13 - Fraudulent practice in the fifth degree.
Section 714.14 - Value for purposes of fraudulent practices.
Section 714.15 - Reproduction of sound recordings.
Section 714.16 - Consumer frauds.
Section 714.16B - Identity theft — civil cause of action.
Section 714.16C - Consumer education and litigation fund.
Section 714.17 - Unlawful advertising and selling of educational courses.
Section 714.18 - Evidence of financial responsibility.
Section 714.19 - Nonapplicability.
Section 714.20 - One contract per person.
Section 714.21A - Civil enforcement.
Section 714.22 - Trade and vocational schools — exemption — conditions.
Section 714.23 - Refund policies — penalty.
Section 714.24 - Additional requirements.
Section 714.26 - Intellectual property counterfeiting.
Section 714.27 - Scrap metal transactions and reporting — penalties.
Section 714.28 - Claims against purchased or pledged goods held by pawnbrokers.
Section 714.29 - Records filed with intent to harass or defraud.