Part VII Miscellaneous and General
F1Circumvention of protection measures
296ZFF2Interpretation of sections 296ZA to F3296ZEA
1
In sections 296ZA to 296ZE, “technological measures” are any technology, device or component which is designed, in the normal course of its operation, to protect a copyright work other than a computer program.
2
Such measures are “effective” if the use of the work is controlled by the copyright owner through—
a
an access control or protection process such as encryption, scrambling or other transformation of the work, or
b
a copy control mechanism,
which achieves the intended protection.
3
In this section, the reference to—
a
protection of a work is to the prevention or restriction of acts that are not authorised by the copyright owner of that work and are restricted by copyright; and
b
use of a work does not extend to any use of the work that is outside the scope of the acts restricted by copyright.
4
Expressions used in sections 296ZA to F4296ZEA which are defined for the purposes of Part 1 of this Act (copyright) have the same meaning as in that Part.
Ss. 296-296ZF and cross-heading substituted (31.10.2003) for s. 296 and cross-heading by The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498), reg. 24(1) (with regs. 31-40)