N.Y. PEN Law § 275.30
This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 275.30, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.
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Advertisement or sale of unauthorized recordings in the first degree
Official statutory text
§ 275.30 Advertisement or sale of unauthorized recordings in the first\n degree.\n A person is guilty of the advertisement or sale of unauthorized\nrecordings in the first degree when such person commits the crime of\nadvertisement or sale of unauthorized recordings in the second degree as\ndefined in section 275.25 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\naudiovisual recordings.\n Advertisement and sale of unauthorized recordings in the first degree\nis a class E felony.\n
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