New York Consolidated Laws
N.Y. Penal Law § 275.10 (2026)
Manufacture of unauthorized recordings in the first degree
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§ 275.10 Manufacture of unauthorized recordings in the first degree. A person is guilty of manufacture of unauthorized recordings in the first degree when he commits the crime of manufacture of unauthorized recordings in the second degree as defined in section 275.05 of this article and either: 1. has previously been convicted of that crime within the past five years; or 2. commits that crime by the manufacture of one thousand unauthorized sound recordings; 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 first degree is a class E felony.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1996–1999 · leading case: People v. Dax, 233 A.D.2d 177 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996).
People v. Dax, 233 A.D.2d 177 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996). “), entered on or about February 14, 1995, which granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the indictment charging defendants with manufacture of unauthorized recordings in the first degree (Penal Law § 275.10 [2]), unanimously reversed, on the law, defendants’ motion denied, the…”
People v. 610 Video Store, Inc., 180 Misc. 2d 458 (N.Y. City Crim. Ct. 1999). “Penal Law § 275.10 (2) provides that a person is guilty of manufacture of unauthorized recordings in the first degree, but only as to those “sound recordings initially fixed prior to February fifteenth, [1972]”.”
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