Penal Law § 275.40 · Article 275. Offenses Relating to Unauthorized Recording
Failure to disclose the origin of a recording in the first degree
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§ 275.40 Failure to disclose the origin of a recording in the first degree.
A person is guilty of failure to disclose the origin of a recording in the first degree when such person commits the crime of failure to disclose the origin of a recording in the second degree as defined in section 275.35 of this article and either:
1. such person has been convicted of failure to disclose the origin of a recording in the first or second degree within the past five years; or
2. commission of the crime involves at least one hundred unauthorized sound recordings or at least one hundred unauthorized audiovisual recordings.
Failure to disclose the origin of a recording in the first degree is a class E felony.
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