New York Offenses Involving Computers; Defenses




 
  § 156.50 Offenses involving computers; defenses.
    In any prosecution:
    1.  under  section  156.05  or  156.10  of this article, it shall be a
  defense that the defendant had reasonable grounds to believe that he had
  authorization to use the computer;
    2. under section 156.20, 156.25, 156.26 or 156.27 of this  article  it
  shall  be a defense that the defendant had reasonable grounds to believe
  that he had the right to alter in any manner  or  destroy  the  computer
  data or the computer program;
    3. under section 156.30 of this article it shall be a defense that the
  defendant  had  reasonable  grounds  to believe that he had the right to
  copy, reproduce or duplicate in any manner  the  computer  data  or  the
  computer program.