17 USC § 1008 - Prohibition on certain infringement actions
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identifier: "/us/usc/t17/s1008"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "17 USC § 1008 - Prohibition on certain infringement actions"
title_number: 17
title_name: "COPYRIGHTS"
section_number: "1008"
section_name: "Prohibition on certain infringement actions"
chapter_number: 10
chapter_name: "DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDING DEVICES AND MEDIA"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN INFRINGEMENT ACTIONS, REMEDIES, AND ARBITRATION"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 102–563, § 2, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4244.)"
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# § 1008. Prohibition on certain infringement actions
No action may be brought under this title alleging infringement of copyright based on the manufacture, importation, or distribution of a digital audio recording device, a digital audio recording medium, an analog recording device, or an analog recording medium, or based on the noncommercial use by a consumer of such a device or medium for making digital musical recordings or analog musical recordings.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 102–563, § 2, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4244.)