N.Y. Penal Law Section 275.25
Advertisement or sale of unauthorized recordings in the second degree

A person is guilty of the advertisement or sale of unauthorized recordings in the second degree when such person knowingly advertises, offers for sale, resale, or rental, or sells, resells, rents, distributes or possesses for any such purposes, any recording that has been produced 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. Advertisement or sale of unauthorized recordings in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.

Source: Section 275.25 — Advertisement or sale of unauthorized recordings in the second degree, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PEN/275.­25 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 3, 2026).

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