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Copyright Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Additional Rights Relating to Copyright Works and Protected Performances
425. Prohibition on circumventing access control measure
Feedback & support(1)
Subject to the provisions of this Division, a person infringes this section if the person circumvents an access control measure.
(2)
For the purposes of this Division, a person circumvents an access control measure if —
(a)
the access control measure is applied —
(i)
to a protected copy;
(ii)
by or with the authority of the rights owner of the protected copy; and
(iii)
in connection with the exercise of the copyright or any right in the performance, as the case may be;
(b)
the person does any act that the person knows or ought reasonably to know circumvents the access control measure; and
(c)
the act is done without the rights owner’s authority.