Any fixation, reproduction, communication or making available to the public, whether in return for payment or free of charge, or any television broadcast of a performance, a phonogram, a videogram, a programme or a press publication, made without the authorisation, where required, of the performer, the phonogram or videogram producer, the audiovisual communication company, the press publisher or the press agency.
The same penalties shall apply to the import, export, transhipment or possession for the aforementioned purposes of phonograms or videograms carried out without the authorisation of the producer or performer, where this is required.
A failure to pay the remuneration due to the author, performer or producer of phonograms or videograms in respect of private copying or public communication as well as television broadcasting of phonograms is punishable by the fine provided for in the first paragraph.
A failure to pay the levy mentioned in the third paragraph of article L. 133-3.
Where the offences provided for in this article have been committed in an organised gang, the penalties are increased to seven years’ imprisonment and a fine of 750,000 euros.