NRS 598.3978 Use of trademarked or copyrighted material by reseller or secondary ticket exchange; display of notice identifying website belonging to reseller or secondary ticket exchange; restriction on substantially similar websites.
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NRS 598.3978 Use of trademarked or copyrighted material by reseller or secondary ticket exchange; display of notice identifying website belonging to reseller or secondary ticket exchange; restriction on substantially similar websites.
1. The Internet website of a reseller, a secondary ticket exchange or any affiliate of a reseller or secondary ticket exchange must not display a trademarked or copyrighted URL, title, designation, image or mark or other symbol without the written consent of the trademark or copyright holder.
2. The Internet website of a reseller, a secondary ticket exchange or any affiliate of a reseller or secondary ticket exchange must not use any combination of text, images, web designs or Internet addresses, or any combination thereof, which is substantially similar to the Internet website of an entertainment facility, athletic contest or live entertainment event without permission.
3. The Internet website of a reseller, a secondary ticket exchange or any affiliate of a reseller or secondary ticket exchange must prominently display a notice identifying the Internet website as belonging to a reseller, a secondary ticket exchange or an affiliate of a reseller or secondary ticket exchange and must not, without contractual authorization from the rights holder, advertise or represent that the reseller, secondary ticket exchange or affiliate of the reseller or secondary ticket exchange is a rights holder or primary ticket provider.
The notice required by this subsection must be displayed within the top 20 percent of each page of the Internet website in a font size that is not smaller than the font size used for the majority of text on that page.
4. This section does not prohibit the use of text containing the name of the venue, artist, athletic contest or live entertainment event if such use is necessary to describe the athletic contest, the live entertainment event or the location of the athletic contest or live entertainment event.
5. As used in this section:
(a)“Substantially similar” means that a reasonable person would believe that the Internet website is that of the entertainment facility, athletic contest or live entertainment event.
(b)“URL” means the Uniform Resource Locator associated with an Internet website.