by the United States government

“ FRAUDULENT COPYRIGHT NOTICE.—Any person who, with fraudulent intent, places on any article a notice of copyright or words of the same purport that such person knows to be false, or who, with fraudulent intent, publicly distributes or imports for public distribution any article bearing such notice or words that such person knows to be false, shall be fined not more than $2,500. ”

“ Definition.—In this subsection, the term "work being prepared for commercial distribution" means— (A) a computer program, a musical work, a motion picture or other audiovisual work, or a sound recording, if, at the time of unauthorized distribution— (i) the copyright owner has a reasonable expectation of commercial distribution; and (ii) the copies or phonorecords of the work have not been commercially distributed; or (B) a motion picture, if, at the time of unauthorized distribution, the motion picture— (i) has been made available for viewing in a motion picture exhibition facility ”

“ Substituted new text for subsection 506 (a) . Amended subsection 507 (a) by substituting "5" for "three". Artists' Rights and Theft Prevention Act of 2005 Pub. L. 109-9, Apr. 27, 2005, 119 Stat. 218.
Substituted new text for subsection 506 (a) . ”