California Penal Code

§ 653aa

PEN § 653aa Effective Sep 27, 2010Title 15 · Part 1 · Ch. 2

Statute text

(a)Any person, except a minor, who is located in California, who, knowing that a particular recording or audiovisual work is commercial, knowingly electronically disseminates all or substantially all of that commercial recording or audiovisual work to more than 10 other people without disclosing his or her e-mail address, and the title of the recording or audiovisual work is punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), imprisonment in a county jail for a period not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

(b)Any minor who violates subdivision (a) is punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500). Any minor who commits a third or subsequent violation of subdivision (a) is punishable by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), imprisonment in a county jail for a period not to exceed one year, or by both that imprisonment and fine.

(c)Subdivisions (a) and (b) do not apply:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 351, Sec. 8. (AB 819) Effective September 27, 2010. Note: This amendment deleted the provision, in former subd. (i), that made this section inoperative on Jan. 1, 2010.