AUDIO HOME RECORDING ACT

Audio   Home   Recording   Act.Copyright.   A   1992   federal   law   designed   to   prevent

copyright-infringement  suits  based  on  the  manufacture,  importation,  distribution,  or  sale  of

digital-audio technology. • Manufacturers of digital recording devices must pay royalties on sales

of  the  devices and  related  media,  and  build  security  mechanisms into  each  device. The  security

mechanisms  allow  the  owner  of  a  digital-recording  device  to  make  a  copy  from  the  original

medium, but not to make a copy from the copy. 17 USCA §§ 1001–1010. — Abbr. AHRA. [Cases:

Copyrights and Intellectual Property    67.2. C.J.S. Copyrights and Intellectual Property § 58.][Blacks Law 8th]