California Penal Code

§ 653s

PEN § 653s Effective Apr 4, 2011Title 15 · Part 1 · Ch. 2

Statute text

(a)Any person who transports or causes to be transported for monetary or other consideration within this state, any article containing sounds of a live performance with the knowledge that the sounds thereon have been recorded or mastered without the consent of the owner of the sounds of the live performance is guilty of a public offense punishable as provided in subdivision (g) or (h).

(b)As used in this section and Section 653u:

(1)“Live performance” means the recitation, rendering, or playing of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds in any audible sequence thereof.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 435. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.