2006 Ohio Revised Code - 2913.07. Motion picture piracy.

§ 2913.07. Motion picture piracy.
 

(A)  As used in this section: 

(1) "Audiovisual recording function" means the capability of a device to record or transmit a motion picture or any part of a motion picture by means of any technology existing on, or developed after, the effective date of this section. 

(2) "Facility" means a movie theater. 

(B)  No person, without the written consent of the owner or lessee of the facility and of the licensor of the motion picture, shall knowingly operate an audiovisual recording function of a device in a facility in which a motion picture is being shown. 

(C)  Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of motion picture piracy, a misdemeanor of the first degree on the first offense and a felony of the fifth degree on each subsequent offense. 

(D)  This section does not prohibit or restrict a lawfully authorized investigative, law enforcement, protective, or intelligence gathering employee or agent of the government of this state or a political subdivision of this state, or of the federal government, when acting in an official capacity, from operating an audiovisual recording function of a device in any facility in which a motion picture is being shown. 

(E)  Division (B) of this section does not limit or affect the application of any other prohibition in the Revised Code. Any act that is a violation of both division (B) of this section and another provision of the Revised Code may be prosecuted under this section, under the other provision of the Revised Code, or under both this section and the other provision of the Revised Code. 
 

HISTORY: 150 v H 179, § 1, eff. 3-9-04; 150 v S 57, § 1, eff. 3-9-04.
 

Not analogous to former RC § 2913.07 (RS §§ 7094--7096; S&C 454; S&S 57, 286; 56 v 86; 62 v 179; 64 v 128; 66 v 99; 67 v 17; 70 v 156; GC §§ 13087--13089; 114 v 119; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-1-53; 127 v 1039(1095); 129 v 1594), repealed, 134 v H 511, eff. 1-1-74.

The provisions of § 3, H.B. 57 (150 v  - ), read as follows: 

SECTION 3. The amendment by this act of section 2913.07 of the Revised Code is contingent upon Sub. H.B. 179 of the 125th General Assembly becoming law in the same form as it passed the Senate and was concurred in by the House of Representatives. 

 

Effect of Amendments

S.B. 57, Acts 2003, effective March 9, 2004 (contingent upon the enactment of this section by 150 v H 179), rewrote (A)(2).