§482C-1 Unlawful transfer of recorded sounds. It shall be unlawful for any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or association to transfer or cause to be transferred, without the consent of the person who owns the master phonograph record, master disc, master wire, master tape, master film or other device or article from which the sounds are derived, any sounds recorded on a phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film, or other article on which sounds are recorded, with intent to sell or cause to be sold, or use or cause to be used for profit through public performance the article onto which such sounds are recorded. [L 1975, c 81, pt of §1]