Article 1299. Technical Facilities Intended for Copyright Protection

1. Technical facilities intended for copyright protection are any technologies, technical apparatus or components thereof controlling access to a work, preventing or limiting the carrying out of actions not permitted by the author or other right holder in respect of a work.

2. The following is prohibited in respect of a work: 1) the commission of actions without the permission of the author or other right holder aimed at eliminating the limits imposed on the uses of the work by means of using the technical facilities intended for copyright protection; 2) manufacturing, distributing, hiring out, granting for temporary free-of-charge use, importing and advertising any technology, any technical apparatus or components thereof, using such technical facilities for profit-making or providing relevant services if such actions make it impossible to use the technical facilities intended for copyright protection or to disable them in terms of ensuring the appropriate protection of the copyright.

3. In the event of a breach of the provisions of Item 2 of the present article the author or other right holder is entitled to claim at his discretion from the infringer a payment of damages or compensation according to Article 1301 of the present Code, except for cases when the present Code permits the use of a work without the author's or other right holder's consent.

Article 1300. Information on Copyright Law 1. Information on copyright law is any information that identifies a work, an author or another right holder or the information on the terms of using a work available on the original work or a copy of the work, is attached thereto or appears in connection with a broadcast or cable programme or in connection with the bringing of the work to the notice of the general public, and also any figures and codes containing such information.

2. The following is prohibited in respect of a work: 1) deleting or modifying without the author's or other right holder's consent information on copyright law; 2) the playback/reproduction, distribution, importation for the purpose of distribution, public performance, broadcasting or cable transmission, brining to the notice of the general public of the work in respect of which information on copyright law has been deleted or modified without the author's or other right holder's consent. 3. In the event of a breach of the provisions of Item 2 of the present article the author or other right holder is entitled at his discretion to claim from the infringer a payment of damages or a compensation in accordance with Article 1301 of the present Code.

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