Penal Law § 275.25 · Article 275. Offenses Relating to Unauthorized Recording
Advertisement or sale of unauthorized recordings in the second degree
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§ 275.25 Advertisement or sale of unauthorized recordings in the second degree.
A person is guilty of the advertisement or sale of unauthorized recordings in the second degree when such person knowingly advertises, offers for sale, resale, or rental, or sells, resells, rents, distributes or possesses for any such purposes, any recording that has been produced 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.
Advertisement or sale of unauthorized recordings in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
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