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GA HB341
Bill
Status
Passed
7/29/2020
Primary Sponsor
Matt Dollar
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AI Summary
- Amends Georgia Code Section 16-8-60 to add "memory card, flash drive, hard drive, data storage device" to the list of media covered under the state's illegal reproduction of recorded material law, updating the statute to reflect modern digital storage technology
- Replaces the outdated catch-all term "other device" with the expanded list of modern storage media when referring to master copies from which sounds or visual images are derived
- Maintains existing prohibitions against unauthorized transfer of sounds or visual images and the sale, distribution, or circulation of transferred recordings that lack the transferor's name and address
- Retains the contraband designation and civil forfeiture provisions for materials transferred in violation of the statute, while preserving the protection for owners who had no knowledge or consent of the violation
- Makes minor grammatical corrections, changing "are" to "is" and "them" to "it" to reflect singular usage in the contraband provision
Legislative Description
Crimes and offenses; reproduction of recorded material; update terminology
Last Action
Effective Date
1/1/2021
Full Bill Text
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