Penal Law § 275.05 · Article 275. Offenses Relating to Unauthorized Recording
Manufacture of unauthorized recordings in the second degree
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§ 275.05 Manufacture of unauthorized recordings in the second degree.
A person is guilty of the manufacture of unauthorized recordings in the second degree when such person:
1. knowingly, and without the consent of the owner, transfers or causes to be transferred any sound recording, with the intent to rent or sell, or cause to be rented or sold for profit, or used to promote the sale of any product, such article to which such recording was transferred, or
2. transports within this state, for commercial advantage or private financial gain, a recording, knowing that the sounds have been reproduced or transferred without the consent of the owner; provided, however, that this section shall only apply to sound recordings initially fixed prior to February fifteenth, nineteen hundred seventy-two.
Manufacture of unauthorized recordings in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
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