Section 51 Copyright Act
Section 51 Copyright Act 2022 is about Falsification, alteration or removal of rights management information. It is under Part VI (Anti-Piracy and other Measures) of the Act.
(1) A person shall not knowingly and with the intent to induce, enable, facilitate, or conceal infringement, provide rights management information that is false.
(2) A person shall not, without the authority of the copyright owner —
(a) knowingly remove or alter any rights management information ; or
(b) sell, offer for sale, distribute, import for distribution, broadcast or communicate to the public, works or copies of works, knowing or having reasonable grounds to know that rights management information has been removed or altered without authority, and that it will induce, enable, facilitate, or conceal an infringement of any right under this Act.
(3) In this section, “rights management information” means information which identifies a work or other subject matter, the author, owner or any right in it including information about the terms and conditions of its use and any number or code that represents such information, attached to, or appearing in connection with the communication to the public of a work or subject matter.
