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18 U.S.C. 2318: Trafficking in counterfeit labels, illicit labels, or counterfeit documentation or packaging

Created in 1962 by Public Law 87-773. Changed by 12 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

2 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 18 U.S.C. 2320, 49 U.S.C. 80302.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2016

    • Pub. L. 114–154 substituted "section 2320(f)" for "section 2320(e)". Law text · (b)

    2010

    • Pub. L. 111–295 substituted "under this subsection" for "under section". (Copyright Cleanup, Clarification, and Corrections Act of 2010) Law text · (e)

    2008

    • Pub. L. 110–403, §202(1), designated existing provisions as par. (1) and redesignated former pars. (1) and (2) as subpars. (A) and (B), respectively, of par. (1), and former subpars. (A) to (G) as cls. (i) to (vii), respectively, of subpar. (A). Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 110–403, §202(2), amended subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (d) read as follows: "When any person is convicted of any violation of subsection (a), the court in its judgment of conviction shall in addition to the penalty therein prescribed, order the forfeiture … Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 110–403, §202(3), redesignated subsec. (f) as (e) and struck out former subsec. (e) which read as follows: "Except to the extent they are inconsistent with the provisions of this title, all provisions of section 509, title 17, United States Code, are applicable to violati… Law text · (e), (f)

    2006

    • Pub. L. 109–181 added par. (2) and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: "the term 'traffic' means to transport, transfer or otherwise dispose of, to another, as consideration for anything of value or to make or obtain control of with intent to so transport, transfer or … Law text · (b)

    2004

    • Pub. L. 108–482, §102(a)(1), substituted "Trafficking in counterfeit labels, illicit labels, or counterfeit documentation or packaging" for "Trafficking in counterfeit labels for phonorecords, copies of computer programs or computer program documentation or packaging, and copies of motion pictures … Law text
    • Pub. L. 108–482, §102(a)(2), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which read as follows: "Whoever, in any of the circumstances described in subsection (c) of this section, knowingly traffics in a counterfeit label affixed or designed to be affixed to a phonorecord, or a … Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 108–482, §102(a)(3)(A), struck out "and" after the semicolon at end. Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 108–482, §102(a)(3)(B), substituted " 'audiovisual work', 'literary work', 'pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work', 'sound recording', 'work of visual art', and 'copyright owner' have" for "and 'audiovisual work' have" and a semicolon for the period at end. Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 108–482, §102(a)(3)(C), added pars. (4) to (6). Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 108–482, §102(a)(4)(A), added par. (3) and struck former par. (3) which read as follows: "the counterfeit label is affixed to or encloses, or is designed to be affixed to or enclose, a copy of a copyrighted computer program or copyrighted documentation or packaging for a com… Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 108–482, §102(a)(4)(B), struck out "for a computer program" after "packaging". Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 108–482, §102(a)(5), inserted "or illicit labels" after "counterfeit labels" in two places and inserted ", and of any equipment, device, or material used to manufacture, reproduce, or assemble the counterfeit labels or illicit labels" before period at end. Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 108–482, §102(b), added subsec. (f). Law text · (f)

    1996

    • Pub. L. 104–153, §4(b)(1), substituted "Trafficking in counterfeit labels for phonorecords, copies of computer programs or computer program documentation or packaging, and copies of motion pictures or other audio visual works, and trafficking in counterfeit computer program documentation or packagi… Law text
    • Pub. L. 104–153, §4(a)(1), substituted "a computer program or documentation or packaging for a computer program, or a copy of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, and whoever, in any of the circumstances described in subsection (c) of this section, knowingly traffics in counterf… Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 104–153, §4(a)(2), inserted " 'computer program'," after " 'motion picture',". Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 104–153, §4(a)(3)(A), struck out "or" at end. Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 104–153, §4(a)(3)(B), inserted "a copy of a copyrighted computer program or copyrighted documentation or packaging for a computer program," after "enclose," and substituted "; or" for period at end. Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 104–153, §4(a)(3)(C), added par. (4). Law text · (c)

    1994

    • Pub. L. 103–322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $250,000". · (a)
    • Pub. L. 103–272 substituted "section 46501 of title 49" for "section 101 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958". · (c)

    1990

    • Pub. L. 101–647 struck out comma after "phonorecords" in section catchline.

    1982

    • Pub. L. 97–180 substituted "Trafficking in counterfeit labels for phonorecords, and copies of motion pictures or other audiovisual works" for "Transportation, sale or receipt of phonograph records bearing forged or counterfeit labels" in section catchline.
    • Pub. L. 97–180 substituted provision that violators of this section shall be fined not more than $250,000 or imprisoned for not more than five years or both for provision that whoever knowingly and with fraudulent intent transported, caused to be transported, received, sold, or offered… · (a)
    • Pub. L. 97–180 added subsecs. (b) and (c), redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (d) and (e), respectively, and in subsec. (d) as so redesignated struck out the comma after "judgment of conviction shall". · (b), (c), (d), (e)

    1976

    • Pub. L. 94–553 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and substituted "$10,000" for "$25,000" and "$25,000" for "$50,000", and added subsecs. (b) and (c).

    1974

    • Pub. L. 93–573 substituted "not more than $25,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both, for the first offense and shall be fined not more than $50,000 or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both, for any subsequent offense" for "not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one yea…

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.