Section 59 Copyright Act

Section 59 Copyright Act 2022 is about Information location tools. It is under Part VII (Provisions Relating to Online Content) of the Act.

Except as otherwise provided in this Act, a service provider shall not be liable for monetary relief for infringement of copyright or other subject matter by reason of the provider referring or linking users to an online location containing infringing material or infringing activity, by using information location
tools, including a directory, index, reference, pointer, or hypertext link, if the service provider —

(a) does not have actual knowledge that the material or activity is infringing, or in the absence of such actual knowledge, is not aware of facts or circumstances from which infringing activity is apparent or upon obtaining such knowledge or awareness, acts expeditiously to remove or disable access
to the material ;

(b) does not receive, financial benefit directly attributable to the infringing activity, where the service provider has the right and ability to control such activity ; and

(c) on notification of infringement under section 54 of this Act, responds expeditiously to remove or disable access to, the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity.