Singapore legislation

Section 425

of Copyright Act 2021

Section 425

Prohibition on circumventing access control measure

(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.