English translation of Article 29a Copyright Act

1. For the purpose of this article, technical measures mean technology, devices or components which in the normal course of their operation serve to prevent or restrict acts in respect to works, which are not authorised by the author or his successor in title. Technological measures are considered to be effective if the use of a protected work of the author or his successor in title is controlled by means of an access control or by application of a protection process, such as encryption, scrambling or other transformation of the work or other subject-matter or a copy control mechanism, which achieves the intended protection.

2. He who circumvents an effective technological measure, and does so with the knowledge or with reasonable grounds to know, that he is pursuing that objective, acts unlawfully.

3. He who provides services or manufactures, imports, distributes, sells, rents, advertises or possesses for commercial purposes devices, products or components that:

(a) are promoted, advertised or marketed for the purpose of circumvention of any effective technological measures, or

(b) have only a limited commercially significant purpose or use other than to circumvent any effective technological measures, or

(c) are primarily designed, produced, adapted or performed for the purpose of enabling or facilitating the circumvention of any effective technological measures,

acts unlawfully.

4. By ministerial decree, rules can be specified that compel the author or his successor in title to make available to the user of a work of literature, science or art for the purposes described in the articles 15i [usage by disabled people], 16 [educational purposes], 16b [private-copy], 16c [private-copy], 16h [reprographic reproductions], 16n [reproduction for preservation purposes], 17b [ephemeral recordings made by broadcasting organisations] en 22 [judicial and administrative procedure] of this Act the necessary means needed to benefit from these exceptions, provided that the beneficiary has lawful access to the protected work. The provisions of the previous sentence do not apply to works, made available to the public under contractual terms from a place and at a time individually chosen by them.

English translation of Article 32a Copyright Act

A person who intentionally:

a. offers for public distribution;

b. has in his possession for the purpose of reproduction or distribution;

c. imports, conveys in transit or exports, or

d. keeps for profit

any means designed exclusively to facilitate the removal or overriding, without the consent of the author or his successor in title, of a technical device for the protection of a work as referred to in article 10, paragraph 1, sub 12Â° [i.e. a computer program] , is liable to a term of imprisonment of not more than six months or a fine of the fourth category.

(source: http://www.ivir.nl/legislation/nl/copyrightact.html)

English translation of article 1, sub n of the Neighboring Rights Act

Technological measures: technology, devices or components which in the normal course of their operation serve to prevent or restrict acts in respect to material, protected on the basis of this Act, which are not authorised by the performing artist, the producer of phonograms, the film producer or broadcasting organisation; technological measures are considered to be Â«effectiveÂ» if the use of material, protected on the basis of this Act, by the performing artist, the producer of phonograms, the film producer or broadcasting organisation, or their successor in title, is controlled by means of an access control or by application of a protection process, such as encryption, scrambling or other transformation of the material, protected on the basis of this act, or a copy control mechanism, which achieves the intended protection.

English translation of Article 19 Neighboring Rights Act

1.He who circumvents an effective technological measure, and does so with the knowledge or with reasonable grounds to know, that he is pursuing that objective, acts unlawfully.

2.He who provides services or manufactures, imports, distributes, sells, rents, advertises or possesses for commercial purposes devices, products or components that:

(a) are promoted, advertised or marketed for the purpose of circumvention of any effective technological measures, or

(b) have only a limited commercially significant purpose or use other than to circumvent any effective technological measures, or

(c) are primarily designed, produced or adapted for the purpose of enabling or facilitating the circumvention of any effective technological measures,

acts unlawfully.

3. By ministerial decree, rules can be specified that compel the performing artist, the producer of phonograms, the film producer or broadcasting organisation or their successor in title to make available to the user of a performance, recording of a performance, phonogram, film or programme or a reproduction thereof for the purposes described in the articles 10, sub e [reproduction for private usage without commercial intent], f [reproduction for preservation purposes], g [ephemeral copying by broadcasting organizations], i [usage by disabled people] and k [usage for the purpose of judicial and administrative procedures], and article 11 [educational usage] of this Act the necessary means needed to benefit from these exceptions, provided that the beneficiary has lawful access to the protected performance, recording of a performance, phonogram, film or programme or a reproduction thereof. The provisions of the previous sentence do not apply to performances, recordings of a performance, phonograms, films or programmes or reproductions thereof, made available to the public under contractual terms from a place and at a time individually chosen by them.

English translation of article 1, section 1, sub e of the Database Act

Technological measures: technology, devices or components which in the normal course of their operation serve to prevent or restrict acts in respect to databases and which are not authorised by the producer of the database or his successor in title; Technological measures are considered to be Â«effectiveÂ» if the request or reuse of a database of a database producer or his successor in title is controlled by means of an access control or by application of a protection process, such as encryption, scrambling or other transformation of the database or a copy control mechanism, which achieves the intended protection.

English translation article 5a of the Database Act

1. He who circumvents an effective technological measure, and does so with the knowledge or with reasonable grounds to know, that he is pursuing that objective, acts unlawfully.

2. He who provides services or manufactures, imports, distributes, sells, rents, advertises or possesses for commercial purposes devices, products or components that:

(a) are promoted, advertised or marketed for the purpose of circumvention of any effective technological measures, or

(b) have only a limited commercially significant purpose or use other than to circumvent any effective technological measures, or

(c) are primarily designed, produced, adapted or performed for the purpose of enabling or facilitating the circumvention of any effective technological measures,

acts unlawfully.

3. By ministerial decree, rules can be specified that compel the database producer to make available to the user of the database for the purposes described in article 5 of this Act the necessary means needed to benefit from this exception, provided that the beneficiary has lawful access to the protected database. The provisions of the previous sentence do not apply to databases, made available to the public under contractual terms from a place and at a time individually chosen by them.

Translation by Menno BriÃ«t