Annotated Republic of China Laws/Copyright Act/Article 80-1

Newly adopted and promulgated on 2003-07-09

 * Article 80-1
 * Electronic rights management information made by a copyright owner shall not be removed or altered; provided, this shall not apply in any of the following circumstances:
 * 1.Where removal or alteration of electronic rights management information of the work is unavoidable in the lawful exploitation of the work given technological limitations at the time of the act.
 * 2.Where the removal or alteration is technically necessary to conversion of a recording or transmission system.
 * Whoever knows that electronic rights management information of a work has been unlawfully removed or altered shall not distribute or, with intent to distribute, import or possess the original or any copy of such work. He/She also shall not publicly broadcast, publicly perform, nor publicly transmit [the same].