Florida Senate - 2021                                    SB 1542
       
       
        
       By Senator Burgess
       
       
       
       
       
       20-00971-21                                           20211542__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to electronic dissemination of
    3         commercial recordings and audiovisual works; amending
    4         s. 501.155, F.S.; revising the definition of the term
    5         “electronic dissemination”; providing an effective
    6         date.
    7  
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
   11  501.155, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         501.155 Electronic dissemination of commercial recordings
   13  or audiovisual works; required disclosures; injunctive relief.—
   14         (3) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
   15         (b) “Electronic dissemination” means initiating a
   16  transmission of, making available, or otherwise offering a
   17  commercial recording or audiovisual work for distribution,
   18  display, or performance through the Internet or other digital
   19  network, regardless of whether another person has previously
   20  electronically disseminated the same commercial recording or
   21  audiovisual work.
   22         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.