Wisconsin Code § 943.208

performance owner. (1) Whoever does any of the following
for commercial advantage or private financial gain may be penalized as provided in sub. (2):
(a) Creates a recording of a performance without consent of
the performance owner and with intent to sell or rent the
recording.
(b) Advertises, offers for sale or rent, sells, rents or transports
a recording of a performance with knowledge that the sounds, images or both from the performance embodied in the recording
were recorded without the consent of the performance owner.
(c) Possesses with intent to advertise, offer for sale or rent,
sell, rent or transport a recording of a performance with knowledge that the sounds, images or both from the performance embodied in the recording were recorded without the consent of the
performance owner.
(2) (a) Whoever violates sub. (1) is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if the person creates, advertises, offers for sale or rent,
sells, rents, transports or possesses fewer than 1,000 recordings
embodying sound or fewer than 100 audiovisual recordings in violation of sub. (1) during a 180-day period, and the value of the
recordings does not exceed $2,500.
(b) Whoever violates sub. (1) is guilty of a Class I felony if the
person creates, advertises, offers for sale or rent, sells, rents,
transports or possesses fewer than 1,000 recordings embodying
sound or fewer than 100 audiovisual recordings in violation of
sub. (1) during a 180-day period, and the value of the recordings
exceeds $2,500.
(c) Whoever violates sub. (1) is guilty of a Class H felony if
the person creates, advertises, offers for sale or rent, sells, rents,
transports or possesses at least 1,000 recordings embodying
sound or at least 100 audiovisual recordings in violation of sub.
(1) during a 180-day period or if the violation occurs after the
person has been convicted under this section.
(3) Under this section, the number of recordings that a person
rents shall be the sum of the number of times in which each individual recording is rented.

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