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N.Y. Penal Law § 275.20: Manufacture or sale of an unauthorized recording of a performance in the first degree

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  1. Penal Law
  2. Part 3. Specific Offenses
  3. Title P. Offenses Against Public Safety
  4. Article 275. Offenses Relating to Unauthorized Recording

§ 275.20 Manufacture or sale of an unauthorized recording of a

performance in the first degree.

A person commits the crime of unauthorized recording of a performance

in the first degree when he commits the crime of manufacture or sale of

an unauthorized recording of a performance in the second degree as

defined in section 275.15 of this article and either:

1. such person has previously been convicted of that crime within the

past five years; or

2. commission of that crime involves at least one thousand

unauthorized sound recordings or at least one hundred unauthorized

audio-visual recordings.

Manufacture or sale of an unauthorized recording of a performance in

the first degree is a class E felony.

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