Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019

Certain acts infringe rights of rightsowner of rights management information

38. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 376:

“377. It is an infringement of the rights of the rightsowner of rights management information for a person to—

(a) remove or alter that information from copies of copyright works, copies of recordings of performances or copies of databases knowing or having reason to believe that the primary purpose or effect of such removal or alteration is to commit, induce, enable, facilitate or conceal an infringement of any right conferred by this Act,

(b) make available to the public copies of copyright works or copies of recordings of performances or re-utilise copies of databases, referred to in paragraph (a), knowing or having reason to believe that rights management information has been removed or altered from those copies, or

(c) (i) sell, rent or lend, or offer or expose for sale, rental or loan,

(ii) import into the State, or

(iii) in the course of a business, trade or profession, have in his or her possession, custody or control,

copies of copyright works, copies of recordings of performances or copies of databases, referred to in paragraph (a), knowing or having reason to believe that rights management information has been removed or altered from those copies.”.