{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "penal", "section": "275.05", "citation": "Penal Law § 275.05", "heading": "Manufacture of unauthorized recordings in the second degree", "text": ["§ 275.05 Manufacture of unauthorized recordings in the second degree.", "A person is guilty of the manufacture of unauthorized recordings in the second degree when such person:", "1. knowingly, and without the consent of the owner, transfers or causes to be transferred any sound recording, with the intent to rent or sell, or cause to be rented or sold for profit, or used to promote the sale of any product, such article to which such recording was transferred, or", "2. transports within this state, for commercial advantage or private financial gain, a recording, knowing that the sounds have been reproduced 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.", "Manufacture of unauthorized recordings in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/275.05", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "A person commits second-degree manufacture of unauthorized recordings by:\n- **(1)** **Knowingly transferring a sound recording without the owner’s consent**, intending that the copied article be rented or sold for profit or used to promote a product; or\n- **(2)** **Transporting a recording in New York for commercial advantage or private financial gain**, knowing the sounds were copied without the owner’s consent.\nThe section applies only to sound recordings initially fixed before **February 15, 1972**, and the offense is a **class A misdemeanor**. ★", "in_force_on": "2026-05-31", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/penal/275.05", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}