Bill Text: TX SB575 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the offense of the unauthorized duplication of certain recordings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-20 - Referred to Jurisprudence [SB575 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB575-Introduced.html
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By: Duncan | S.B. No. 575 |
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relating to the offense of the unauthorized duplication of certain | ||
recordings. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 641.051, Business & Commerce Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) This section does not apply to: | ||
(1) a person engaged in Internet, radio, or television | ||
broadcasting who transfers, or causes to be transferred, a | ||
recording: | ||
(A) intended for or in connection with an | ||
Internet, radio, or television broadcast; or | ||
(B) for archival purposes; or | ||
(2) an Internet service provider that is only | ||
providing a conduit for access to the Internet that is used for the | ||
transfer of a recording by another person. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
641.051, Business & Commerce Code, does not apply to an offense | ||
committed under that section before the effective date of this Act. | ||
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by that section as it existed on the date the offense was | ||
committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed | ||
before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense | ||
occurred before that date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |