Section 325E.53 Improper Licensing Practices - Minnesota Statutes

325E.53 IMPROPER LICENSING PRACTICES.

No performing rights society or any agent or employee of a performing rights society shall: (1) collect, or attempt to collect, from a proprietor licensed by that performing rights society, a royalty payment except as provided in a contract executed pursuant to sections 325E.50 to 325E.57; or (2) enter into the premises of a proprietor's business for the purpose of discussing a contract for payment of royalties for the use of copyrighted works by that proprietor without first showing personal identification to the proprietor or the proprietor's employees and disclosing that the agent is acting on behalf of the performing rights society and disclosing the purpose of this discussion.

History:

1986 c 444; 1996 c 336 s 4