Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor, Technological Protection Measures and Circumvention (Arts. 114 Bis, 232 Bis)
Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor (LFDA) arts. 114 Bis y 232 Bis, adicionados por decreto publicado en el Diario Oficial de la Federación el 1 de julio de 2020
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In force since 2 July 2020.
A computer misuse rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 7 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not circumvent, or supply a device, mechanism, product, component, or system designed, marketed, or predominantly used to circumvent, a technological protection measure that controls access to a copyrighted work.
What it reaches
Obligation class
Access restriction
What this law does
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Article 114 Bis lets a copyright or related-right holder implement an effective technological protection measure, defined as any technology, device, or component that, in the normal course of its operation, protects the right or controls access to a work, performance, or phonogram, and lets rights-management information be attached to a work.
Article 232 Bis fines, from 1,000 to 20,000 times the Unidad de Medida y Actualización (UMA), anyone who produces, reproduces, manufactures, distributes, imports, markets, leases, stores, transports, offers, makes available, or otherwise supplies a device, mechanism, product, component, or system that is promoted, marketed, or advertised for the purpose of circumventing an effective technological protection measure; is used predominantly for that purpose; or is designed, produced, or executed for that purpose.
Neither article names crawling, scraping, or a bot as such; the prohibition reaches circumventing an access-control or copy-control mechanism on a copyrighted work regardless of the collection method used afterward.
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor, official consolidated text on the Cámara de Diputados' LeyesBiblio