work being prepared for commercial public performance
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
the term "work being prepared for commercial public performance" means—
(A) a computer program, a musical work, a motion picture or other audiovisual work, or a sound recording, if, at the time of unauthorized public performance—
(i) the copyright owner has a reasonable expectation of commercial public performance; and
(ii) the copies or phonorecords of the work have not been commercially publicly performed in the United States by or with the authorization of the copyright owner; or
(B) a motion picture, if, at the time of unauthorized public performance, the motion picture—
(i) (I) has been made available for viewing in a motion picture exhibition facility; and
(II) has not been made available in copies for sale to the general public in the United States by or with the authorization of the copyright owner in a format intended to permit viewing outside a motion picture exhibition facility; or
(ii) had not been commercially publicly performed in the United States by or with the authorization of the copyright owner more than 24 hours before the unauthorized public performance.
Source
- 2020–present18 U.S.C. § 2319CCrimes and Criminal Procedure · Illicit digital transmission services · in this section