STATE OF NEW YORK
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6680--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 11, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- recommitted to
the Committee on Codes in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to excluding certain
works and individuals from violations of the right of publicity
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 2 of section 50-f of the civil
2 rights law is amended by adding a new subparagraph v to read as follows:
3 v. works identified pursuant to this paragraph shall not violate this
4 section, regardless of the medium or means of transmission.
5 § 2. Subdivisions 10, 11 and 12 of section 50-f of the civil rights
6 law are renumbered subdivisions 11, 12 and 13 and a new subdivision 10
7 is added to read as follows:
8 10. Nothing in this section shall apply to a person that offers a
9 service that displays, offers for sale or license, sells or licenses a
10 work of art or other visual work, or audiovisual work, to a user,
11 provided the terms of such sale or license do not authorize such user to
12 engage in acts that constitute a violation of this section.
13 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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