# Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, Section 296ZF: Interpretation of sections 296ZA to 296ZEA

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(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 296ZEA which are defined for the purposes of Part 1 of this Act (copyright) have the same meaning as in that Part.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/296ZF (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/section-296ZF
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