{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-275.20","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Penal Law § 275.20","heading":"Manufacture or sale of an unauthorized recording of a performance in the first degree","body":"§ 275.20 Manufacture or sale of an unauthorized recording of a\n           performance in the first degree.\n  A person commits the crime of unauthorized recording of a performance\nin the first degree when he commits the crime of manufacture or sale of\nan unauthorized recording of a performance in the second degree as\ndefined in section 275.15 of this article and either:\n  1. such person has previously been convicted of that crime within the\npast five years; or\n  2. commission of that crime involves at least one thousand\nunauthorized sound recordings or at least one hundred unauthorized\naudio-visual recordings.\n  Manufacture or sale of an unauthorized recording of a performance in\nthe first degree is a class E felony.","path":["Penal Law","Part 3. Specific Offenses","Title P. Offenses Against Public Safety","Article 275. Offenses Relating to Unauthorized Recording"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PEN/275.20","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"a4b0639016b4c02eb456085f70b70a7c9503c8be55c30f3395e278064be8fa34","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-275.15","next":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-275.25"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}