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... Recognizing the profound impact of the development and
convergence of information and communication technologies on the creation
and use of literary and artistic works, ...
ARTICLE-8: Right of Communication to the Public [go to this ARTICLE]
... Without prejudice to the provisions of Articles 11(1)(ii), 11bis(1)(i)
and (ii), 11ter(1)(ii), 14(1)(ii) and 14bis(1) of the Berne
Convention, authors of literary and artistic works shall enjoy the exclusive
right of authorizing any communication to the public of their works, by wire
or wireless means, including the making available to the public of their works
in such a way that members of the public may access these works from a place
and at a time individually chosen by them. ...
ARTICLE-12: Obligations concerning Rights Management Information [go to this ARTICLE]
... (ii) to distribute, import for distribution, broadcast or communicate
to the public, without authority, works or copies of works knowing that electronic
rights management information has been removed or altered without authority.
...
... (2) As used in this Article, “rights management information”
means information which identifies the work, the author of the work, the owner
of any right in the work, or information about the terms and conditions of
use of the work, and any numbers or codes that represent such information,
when any of these items of information is attached to a copy of a work or
appears in connection with the communication of a work to the public. ...