Intellectual Property Act 2003 · As enacted · Part II
23. Measures, remedies and sanctions against abuses in respect of technical means
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
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The following acts shall be considered unlawful and in the application of section 22 shall be assimilated to infringements of the rights of the owner of copyright :—
the manufacture or importation for sale or rental of any device or means specifically designed or adapted to circumvent any device or means intended to prevent or restrict reproduction of a work or to impair the quality of copies made (the latter device or means hereinafter referred to as “copy protection or copy management device or means”) ;
the manufacture or importation for sale or rental of any device or means that is susceptible to enable or assist the reception of an encrypted program, which is broadcast or otherwise communicated to the public, including reception by satellite, by those who are not entitled to receive the program.
In the application of section 22, any illicit device and means mentioned in subsection (1) of this section shall be assimilated to infringing copies of works.
The owner of copyright in a work shall also be entitled to the damages for infringement provided for in section 22 where—
authorized copies of the work have been made and offered for sale or rental in an electronic form combined with a copy protection or copy management device or means, and a device or means specifically designed or adapted to circumvent the said device or means, made or imported for sale or rental ;
the work is aurhorised for inclusion in an encrypted program, broadcast or otherwise communicated to the public, including by satellite, and a device or means enabling or assisting the reception of the program by those who are not entitled to receive the program made or imported, for sale or rental.
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