(1) No person shall do any of the following acts without legitimate authority either knowingly or without knowing by negligence that such acts may cause or conceal the infringement of copyright or other rights protected pursuant to this Act: <Amended on Dec. 2, 2011>
1. Act of deliberately removing, altering or falsely adding rights management information;
2. Act of distributing rights management information or importing such information for the purpose of distribution, upon knowing that such information has been removed or altered without legitimate authority;
3. Act of distributing, publicly performing or publicly transmitting the original or copies of relevant works, etc. or the reproduction thereof or of importing them for the purpose of distribution, upon knowing that rights management information has been removed, altered or falsely added without legitimate authority.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply where it is necessary for national law enforcement, legitimate information collection, guarantee of security, etc.[This Article Added on Jun. 30, 2011]