Senate Bill S6298

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Exempts libraries, museums, archives and other cultural institutions from offenses relating to unauthorized recording

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S6298 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §275.45, Pen L

2013-S6298 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts libraries, museums, archives and other cultural institutions from offenses relating to unauthorized recording.

2013-S6298 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6298 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6298

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 9, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to exempting libraries, muse-
  ums, archives and other cultural institutions from  offenses  relating
  to unauthorized recording

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 275.45 of the penal law, as  added
by chapter 460 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
  1. This article does not apply to:
  (a)  any  broadcaster  who,  in connection with or as part of a radio,
television, or cable broadcast  transmission,  or  for  the  purpose  of
archival  preservation,  transfers  any  such recorded sounds or images;
[or]
  (b) any person who transfers such sounds or images for  personal  use,
and without profit for such transfer[.]; OR
  (C)  (I)  A LIBRARY, MUSEUM, ARCHIVE OR ANY OTHER CULTURAL INSTITUTION
WHICH CREATES A DIGITAL COPY OF A HISTORIC SOUND RECORDING FOR PRESERVA-
TION OR ARCHIVAL PURPOSES, NOR SHALL IT BE A  CRIME  FOR  SUCH  CULTURAL
INSTITUTION  TO MAKE A DIGITAL COPY OF A HISTORIC SOUND RECORDING AVAIL-
ABLE TO THE PUBLIC  FOR  NON-COMMERCIAL  PURPOSES,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
LIMITED  TO,  TEACHING,  SCHOLARSHIP  OR  RESEARCH,  PROVIDED  THAT SUCH
CULTURAL INSTITUTION:
  (A) MAKES SUCH DIGITAL COPY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN A WAY THAT DOES
NOT ALLOW A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO DOWNLOAD OR SAVE SUCH  DIGITAL  COPY
TO A COMPUTER HARD DRIVE;
  (B) PROVIDES SUCH DIGITAL COPY AVAILABLE IN A COMPRESSED DIGITAL AUDIO
FILE FORMAT; AND
  (C)  PROVIDES  COPYRIGHT  INFORMATION  TO  PROSPECTIVE USERS ABOUT THE
DIGITAL COPY OR ITS ANALOG SOURCE, OR IF SUCH COPYRIGHT  INFORMATION  IS
MISSING  FROM THE DIGITAL COPY OR IS NOT EVIDENT FROM THE DIGITAL COPY'S
ANALOG SOURCE, NOTICE THAT THE ANALOG SOURCE OR THE DIGITAL COPY MAY  BE
PROTECTED BY STATE OR FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13483-01-4
              

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