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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "17 U.S.C. § 1204"
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description: "Criminal offenses and penalties"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 17
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title_name: "COPYRIGHTS"
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chapter_number: "12"
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chapter_name: "COPYRIGHT PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS"
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section: "1204"
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citation: "17 U.S.C. § 1204"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc17@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t17/s1204"
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source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-17/usc17.xml"
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tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
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---
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# 17 U.S.C. § 1204 - Criminal offenses and penalties
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## Text
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(a) In General.— Any person who violates section 1201 or 1202 willfully and for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain—
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(1) shall be fined not more than $500,000 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both, for the first offense; and
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(2) shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both, for any subsequent offense.
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(b) Limitation for Nonprofit Library, Archives, Educational Institution, or Public Broadcasting Entity.— Subsection (a) shall not apply to a nonprofit library, archives, educational institution, or public broadcasting entity (as defined under section 118(f)).
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(c) Statute of Limitations.— No criminal proceeding shall be brought under this section unless such proceeding is commenced within 5 years after the cause of action arose.
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(Added Pub. L. 105–304, title I, § 103(a), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2876; amended Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title V, § 5004(b)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–593; Pub. L. 111–295, § 6(f)(3), Dec. 9, 2010, 124 Stat. 3181.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments2010—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 111–295 substituted “118(f)” for “118(g)”. 1999—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–113 amended heading and text of subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Subsection (a) shall not apply to a nonprofit library, archives, or educational institution.”
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