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HRS §482C-3

Renting equipment for illegal copying is banned

This law makes it illegal to rent or sell equipment to someone you know will use it to copy music or other sound recordings without the owner's permission, especially if you are doing it to make money. It targets people who help others commit copyright theft.

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The statute, as written — Sale or rental of recording equipment for unlawful use

It is unlawful for any person to offer or make available for a fee, rental, or any other form of compensation, directly or indirectly, any equipment or machinery with the knowledge that it will be used by another to reproduce, without the consent of the owner, any phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film, or other article on which sounds have been transferred for the purpose of capitalizing commercially on such reproduction.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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