549.5  Improper licensing practices.
  A performing rights society shall not do any of the following:
  1.  Collect or attempt to collect from a proprietor licensed by that performing rights society, a royalty payment except as provided in a contract executed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
  2.  Make a misleading or threatening verbal or written communication to a proprietor in connection with a contract for the payment of royalties or an attempt to collect royalties.
  3.  State or imply in a verbal or written communication with a proprietor that the performing rights society is an agent or representative of a public body, regulatory agency, or law enforcement agency.
96 Acts, ch 1155, §5; 2024 Acts, ch 1067, §2
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