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Copyright Law of the United States of America: contained in Title 17 of the United States Code. by United States;Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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under which persons who can reasonably be expected to have claims
may, during the year in which performances take place, without
expense to or harassment of operators or proprietors of establishments
in which phonorecord players are located, have such access to such
establishments and to the phonorecord players located therein and
such opportunity to obtain information with respect thereto as may
be reasonably necessary to determine, by sampling procedures or
otherwise, the proportion of contribution of the musical works of each
such person to the earnings of the phonorecord players for which fees
shall have been deposited. Any person who alleges that he or she
has been denied the access permitted under the regulations prescribed
by the Copyright Royalty Tribunal may bring an action in the United
States District Court for the District of Columbia for the cancellation
of the compulsory license of the phonorecord player to which such
access has been denied, and the court shall have the power to declare
the compulsory license thereof invalid from the date of issue thereof.

(d) Criminal Penalties.-Any person who knowingly makes a false
representation of a material fact in an application filed under clause
(1)(A)of subsection (b), or who knowingly alters a certificate issued
under clause (1)(B) of subsection (b) or knowingly affixes such
certificate to a phonorecord player other than the one it covers, shall
be fined not more than $2,500.

(e) Definitions.-As used in this section, the following terms and their
variant forms mean the following:

(1) A "coin-operated phonorecord player" is a machine or device that-

(A) is employed solely for the performance of non-dramatic
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