Law on the Protection of Computer Software, Prohibited Acts and Supervision
Law on the Protection of Computer Software, Arts. 34 and 39, 2003
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In force.
A computer misuse rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 7 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not copy, adapt, sell, or telecast a software, or destroy or remove a technical protection device on it, without the copyright holder's permission, outside the three listed permission-free cases (education, a law-enforcement investigation, or software already distributed free of charge).
- This Law addresses software specifically; it does not itself create a general duty to leave ordinary web content unread.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
Article 41 refers a violation causing serious consequences to administrative or penal responsibility, depending on gravity, without stating a specific fine or term.
What this law does
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Article 34 prohibits, without the copyright holder's permission, using, copying, exhibiting, circulating, adapting, translating, selling, or telecasting a software, altering the name of its developer or of the software, exporting or importing it, or destroying or removing a protection device of its software technology.
Article 39 places destruction of or illegal access to a software through computer networks among the acts the central guidance organ of software industry and the relevant supervisory and control organ must control, alongside producing, copying, or circulating a computer virus.
Article 35 permits copying and using a software without permission only where it is used for educational purposes in educational institutions, needed for a law-enforcement organ's investigation of a case, or has been distributed free of charge.
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