Copyright Act 1994

Miscellaneous provisions - Technological protection measures

226A: Prohibited conduct in relation to technological protection measure

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"Don't help people break copyright laws with special devices or information."

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You must not make or sell devices that help people get around technological protection measures if you know they will be used to break copyright laws. You must not offer services that help people get around technological protection measures if you know they will be used to break copyright laws. You must not publish information that helps people get around technological protection measures if you want it to be used to break copyright laws.

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Part 11Miscellaneous provisions
Technological protection measures

226AProhibited conduct in relation to technological protection measure

  1. A person (A) must not make, import, sell, distribute, let for hire, offer or expose for sale or hire, or advertise for sale or hire, a TPM circumvention device that applies to a technological protection measure if A knows or has reason to believe that it will, or is likely to, be used to infringe copyright in a TPM work.

  2. A person (A) must not provide a service to another person (B) if—

  3. A intends the service to enable or assist B to circumvent a technological protection measure; and
    1. A knows or has reason to believe that the service will, or is likely to, be used to infringe copyright in a TPM work.
      1. A person (A) must not publish information enabling or assisting another person to circumvent a technological protection measure if A intends that the information will be used to infringe copyright in a TPM work.

      Notes
      • Section 226A: inserted, on , by section 90 of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).