Music Online Competition Act of 2001

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Music Online Competition Act of 2001 - Revises Federal copyright law to extend the exemption from infringement liability to a performance of: (1) a sound recording by digital audio transmission, by or in a physical vending establishment open to the public at large without any direct or indirect admission charge, where the sole purpose of the performance is to promote the retail sale of copies or phonorecords of the work, or of the audiovisual or other devices utilized in such performance, and the performance is not transmitted beyond the place where the establishment is located and is within the immediate area where the sale is occurring; or (2) a sample of a nondramatic musical work or a sample of a sound recording by digital audio transmission, by or through a digital online service open to the public at large without such admission charge if the purpose of the performance is to promote the retail sale, distribution or license, by or through the service, of copies or phonorecords of the work, including by digital phonorecord delivery, the transmitting entity transmits the sample solely to the particular recipient requesting the transmission, and the length of the sample does not …