Crimes: audiovisual work: recording.

Existing law makes it a crime for a person to, for commercial advantage or private financial gain, knowingly advertise or offer for sale or resale, or sell or resell, or cause the rental, sale, or resale of, or rent, or manufacturer, or possess for these purposes, any recording or audiovisual work, the outside cover, box, jacket, or label of which does not clearly and conspicuously disclose the actual true name and address of the manufacturer of the recording or audiovisual work and the name of the actual author, artist, performer, producer, programmer, or group. Existing law provides different punishments for different violations of these provisions and provides that the punishment for a first offense for certain violations of these provisions is imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or a fine not to exceed $50,000, or both that fine and imprisonment. Existing law provides that the punishment for a 2nd or subsequent offense for those same violations is imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or imprisonment for a felony, or by a fine not to exceed $200,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment. This bill would provide that the punishment for a 2nd or subsequent offense for those certain violations would be imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or imprisonment for a felony, or by a fine of not less than $1,000, but not to exceed $200,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment. The bill would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.