§4342 Notification of Persons Injured by Circumvention Devices

Summary

Within 30 business days after merchandise is seized under the applicable seizure rule, the Commissioner must give people on a list kept by the Commissioner information about the seized goods that matches what Customs gives copyright owners. People eligible are those harmed by violations of 17 U.S.C. 1201(a)(2) or (b)(1) that led to the seizure. The Commissioner must publish the list and any updates in the Federal Register. The Secretary of the Treasury had to issue rules to carry this out not later than one year after February 24, 2016.