§ 156.35

Criminal possession of computer related material

Class E felony Cyber, Privacy & Communications Art. 156 · Offenses Involving Computers; Definition of Terms

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A person is guilty of criminal possession of computer related material when having no right to do so, he knowingly possesses, in any form, any copy, reproduction or duplicate of any computer data or computer program which was copied, reproduced or duplicated in of section 156.30 of this article, with intent to benefit himself or a person other than an owner thereof.

Criminal possession of computer related material is a .

Simplified explanation

Criminal possession of computer related material is knowingly possessing, without right, an unlawfully duplicated copy of computer data or a program, to benefit oneself or a non-owner; it is a class E felony.