SB 1479 Summary

• Specifies that possession of nonconforming devices or articles intended for sale constitutes actual economic loss to owners or producers in the form of displaced legitimate wholesale purchases for violations involving recordings or audiovisual works.

• Bases restitution orders on the aggregate wholesale value of lawfully manufactured and authorized devices corresponding to the number of nonconforming devices involved in the offense, without requiring proof of specific wholesale value for each device.

• Includes reasonable investigation costs incurred by owners, producers, or trade associations in restitution orders for violations of Sections 350, 653h, 653s, 653u, 653w, and 653aa involving recordings or audiovisual works.

• Contains a conditional provision that incorporates amendments from SB 1177 if both bills are enacted, with this bill's Section 1 becoming inoperative if SB 1177 was enacted first.