§179q — Title 2 The Congress | U.S. Code

Summary

People must not knowingly show, sell, share, or use the National Film Registry seal to promote any copy or version of a film unless that film is actually on the Registry and the Librarian has approved that specific copy to use the seal. The seal can be used for a film only after the Librarian publishes the film’s name in the Federal Register as chosen for the Registry.

Title 2, §179q

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(a)(1)No person shall knowingly distribute or exhibit to the public a version of a film or any copy in any format of a film which bears the seal described in section 179m(a)(3) of this title if such film—

(A)is not included in the National Film Registry; or

(B)is included in the National Film Registry, but such film or film copy has not been approved for use of the seal by the Librarian pursuant to section 179m(a)(1)(D) of this title.

(2)No person shall knowingly use the seal described in section 179m(a)(3) of this title to promote any version of a film in any format other than a Registry version.

(b)The use of the seal described in section 179m(a)(3) of this title shall be effective for each film after the Librarian publishes in the Federal Register, in accordance with section 179m(a)(2) of this title, the name of that film as selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry.

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Amendments

2005—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 109–9, § 302(d)(1), inserted “in any format” after “or any copy” in introductory provisions. Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 109–9, § 302(d)(2), substituted “in any format” for “or film copy”.

§179q Seal of National Film Registry

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Title 2, §179q

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