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Indiana Code Title 2. General Assembly § 2-5-1.1-13

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 13. (a) A person may use all or a part of audio or video coverage provided under section 12.1 of this chapter for a commercial purpose intended to result in a profit or other tangible benefit to any person only if:

(1) the legislative council gives its permission for the person's commercial use;  and

(2) the person:

(A) uses the audio or video coverage only for educational or public affairs programming, including news programming, that does not also constitute a use prohibited under section 14 of this chapter;  or

(B) transmits to paid subscribers an unedited feed of the audio or visual coverage.

(b) The legislative council shall give its permission to a person to use the coverage provided under section 12.1 of this chapter for a commercial purpose if:

(1) the person or the person's representative submits to the legislative council, or its designated agent, a signed, written request for the use that:

(A) states the purpose for which the audio or video coverage will be used and that the stated purpose is allowed under subsection (a);  and

(B) contains an agreement by the person that the audio or visual coverage will not be used for a commercial purpose other than the stated purpose;  and

(2) the purpose stated in subdivision (1)(A) is a use allowed under subsection (a).

(c) The legislative council:

(1) is not required to give its permission to any person;  and

(2) may limit the number of persons to whom it gives its permission;

to use coverage provided under section 12.1 of this chapter for a purpose described in subsection (a)(2)(B).

(d) Subsection (a) and an agreement under subsection (b)(1)(B) do not prohibit compiling, describing, quoting from, analyzing, or researching the verbal content of audio or visual coverage provided under section 12.1 of this chapter for a commercial purpose.

(e) The attorney general may enforce this section at the request of the legislative council by bringing a civil action to enjoin a violation of subsection (a) or an agreement under subsection (b)(1)(B).

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