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- (a) a non-profit library or archive;
- (b) an educational institution;
- (c) an institution aiding persons with print disabilities;
- (d) an institution aiding persons with intellectual disabilities; or
- (e) a public and non-commercial broadcasting organisation that is prescribed.
(3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction—
- (a) for an infringement of section 411, to a fine not exceeding $20,000; and
- (b) for an infringement of section 412 or 413, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
Power to deal with protected copies, etc., in proceedings under section 417
418.—(1) This section applies where—
- (a) a person is charged for an offence under section 417 in a court (whether or not the person is convicted); and
- (b) there is before the court or in the person’s possession an article that appears to be—
- (i) a protected copy from which the rights management information has been removed or altered without the rights owner’s authority; or
- (ii) mainly used for removing or altering the rights management information relating to a protected copy.
(2) The court may order that the article be—
- (a) delivered up and forfeited to the rights owner concerned;
- (b) destroyed; or
- (c) otherwise dealt with.
