California Penal Code

§ 653z

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

Statute text

(a)Every person who operates a recording device in a motion picture theater while a motion picture is being exhibited, for the purpose of recording a theatrical motion picture and without the express written authority of the owner of the motion picture theater, is guilty of a public offense and shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.

(b)For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1)“Recording device” means a photographic, digital or video camera, or other audio or video recording device capable of recording the sounds and images of a motion picture or any portion of a motion picture.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 351, Sec. 7. (AB 819) Effective September 27, 2010.