((a)) ** .—** Anyone who, without the consent of the performer or performers involved—

((1)) fixes the sounds or sounds and images of a live musical performance in a copy or phonorecord, or reproduces copies or phonorecords of such a performance from an unauthorized fixation,

((2)) transmits or otherwise communicates to the public the sounds or sounds and images of a live musical performance, or

((3)) distributes or offers to distribute, sells or offers to sell, rents or offers to rent, or traffics in any copy or phonorecord fixed as described in paragraph (1), regardless of whether the fixations occurred in the United States,

((b)) ** .—** In this section, the term “traffic” has the same meaning as in section 2320(e)  of title 18.

((c)) ** .—** This section shall apply to any act or acts that occur on or after the date of the enactment of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

((d)) ** .—** Nothing in this section may be construed to annul or limit any rights or remedies under the common law or statutes of any State.