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1.Without prejudice to the provisions of Articles 4, 5 and 6, Member States shall provide, in accordance with their national legislation, appropriate remedies against a person committing any of the following acts:
(a)any act of putting into circulation a copy of a computer program knowing, or having reason to believe, that it is an infringing copy;
(b)the possession, for commercial purposes, of a copy of a computer program knowing, or having reason to believe, that it is an infringing copy;
(c)any act of putting into circulation, or the possession for commercial purposes of, any means the sole intended purpose of which is to facilitate the unauthorised removal or circumvention of any technical device which may have been applied to protect a computer program.
2.Any infringing copy of a computer program shall be liable to seizure in accordance with the legislation of the Member State concerned.
3.Member States may provide for the seizure of any means referred to in point (c) of paragraph 1.