No Electronic Theft Act of 1997

Citation: No Electronic Theft Act' (NET Act), Pub. L. No. 105-147, 111 Stat. 2678 (1997).

Among other things, the NET Act eliminated the government's requirement to prove "commercial advantage or private financial gain" for a felony conviction. By enacting what was then 17 U.S.C. §506(a)(2) (renumbered § 506(a)(1)(B) by the Apr. 27, 2005 amendments), Congress created a felony that only requires proof of willful infringement above certain monetary and numerical thresholds.