Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266 § 143A

Current through Chapter 223 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 266:143A - Unauthorized reproduction and transfer of sound recordings

Whoever directly or indirectly by any means, knowingly transfers or causes to be transferred any sound recorded on a phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film, videocassette or other article on which such sound is recorded, with intent to sell, rent or transport, or cause to be sold, rented or transported, or to use or cause to be used for profit through public performance such article on which such sound is so transferred, without the consent of the owner, or whoever sells any such article with the knowledge that the sound thereon has been so transferred without the consent of the owner, shall be punished as provided in section 143E.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 143A

Amended by Acts 2004, c. 395,§ 2, eff. 2/14/2005.