Copyright Act (CopA) Art. 39a

Zusammenfassung der Rechtsnorm CopA:

Art. 39a CopA from 2022

Art. 39a Protection of Technological Measures and Rights Management Information Protection of technological measures

¹ Effective technological measures for the protection of works and other protected subject-matter may not be circumvented.

² Effective technological measures in accordance with paragraph 1 means technologies and devices such as access control, copy control, encryption, scrambling and other modification mechanisms that are intended and suitable for preventing or limiting the unauthorised use of works and other subject-matter.

³ It is unlawful to manufacture, import, offer, transfer or otherwise distribute, rent, give for use, and advertise or possess for commercial purposes devices, products or components, or provide services which:

a. are the subject-matter of sales promotion, advertising or marketing with the goal of circumventing effective technological measures;

b. have only a limited commercially significant purpose or use other than the circumvention of effective technological measures; or

c. are primarily designed, manufactured, adapted or performed for the purpose of enabling or facilitating the circumvention of effective technological measures.

⁴ The ban on circumvention may not be enforced against those persons who undertake the circumvention exclusively for legally permitted uses.

Es besteht kein Anspruch auf Aktualität und Vollständigkeit/Richtigkeit.