Unless exempt under section 325E.19, it is unlawful for any person knowingly:

Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 325E.17

  • Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44

(1) to transfer or cause to be transferred any sounds or images from one recording to another recording; or

(2) to sell, distribute, circulate, offer for sale, distribution or circulation, possess for the purpose of sale, distribution or circulation, or cause to be sold, distributed or circulated, offered for sale, distribution or circulation, or possessed for sale, distribution or circulation, any recording without the consent of the owner of the master recording.