Failure to disclose the origin of a recording in the second degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 275.35 Failure to disclose the origin of a recording in the second
degree.
A person is guilty of failure to disclose the origin of a recording in the second degree when, for commercial advantage or private financial gain, he knowingly advertises or offers for sale, resale, or rental, or sells, resells, or rents, or possesses for such purposes, a recording the cover, box, jacket or label does not clearly and conspicuously disclose the actual name and address of the manufacturer or the name of the performer or principal artist. The omission of the actual name and address of the manufacturer, or the omission of the name of the performer or principal artist, or the omission of both, shall constitute the failure to disclose the origin of a recording.
Failure to disclose the origin of a recording in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
For commercial advantage or private financial gain, a person commits second-degree failure to disclose a recording’s origin by knowingly advertising, selling, reselling, renting, or possessing for those purposes a recording whose packaging does not clearly show the manufacturer’s actual name and address or the performer or principal artist’s name. ★ It is a class A misdemeanor.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.