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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="11-1403" title_number="11" title_name="Trade Regulation" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Copyright Royalties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Before discussing a contract for the payment of royalties or the use of copyrighted works by a proprietor and before collecting or attempting to collect a royalty or fee under the contract, an agent or an employee of a performing rights society shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Disclose that the agent or employee is acting on behalf of a performing rights society;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Identify the performing rights society for which the agent or the employee acts; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Disclose the purpose of the discussion.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A performing rights society or the agent or employee of the performing rights society may collect a royalty or any other fee only as provided in a contract executed in accordance with the provisions of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A performing rights society or the agent or employee of a performing rights society may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Use or attempt to use an unfair or deceptive act or practice in dealing or negotiating with a proprietor or the employee of a proprietor; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Charge or collect a royalty which is unreasonable in comparison to the royalties for similar licenses in the same area.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
