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.
Structure New York Laws
Title P - Offenses Against Public Safety
Article 275 - Offenses Relating to Unauthorized Recording
275.05 - Manufacture of Unauthorized Recordings in the Second Degree.
275.10 - Manufacture of Unauthorized Recordings in the First Degree.
275.15 - Manufacture or Sale of an Unauthorized Recording of a Performance in the Second Degree.
275.20 - Manufacture or Sale of an Unauthorized Recording of a Performance in the First Degree.
275.25 - Advertisement or Sale of Unauthorized Recordings in the Second Degree.
275.30 - Advertisement or Sale of Unauthorized Recordings in the First Degree.
275.35 - Failure to Disclose the Origin of a Recording in the Second Degree.
275.40 - Failure to Disclose the Origin of a Recording in the First Degree.