Florida legal term
Commercial purposes in Florida Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Florida legislative session
In Florida criminal law, “Commercial purposes” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Florida criminal code.
What does “Commercial purposes” mean in Florida criminal law?
“Commercial purposes” means the manufacture of at least 10 of the same or different optical discs in a 180-day period by storing information on the disc for purposes of sale in this state by that person or other persons.(b) “Manufacture” means replication of the physical optical disc or production of the master used in any optical disc replication process, but does not include the manufacture of optical discs for internal use, testing, or review or blank optical discs.(c) “Optical disc” means a disc capable of being read by a laser or other light source on which data is stored in digital form, (Fla. Stat. § 817.5615)
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