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Copyright Act 1968
130BActs relating to imported copies of computer programs
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130B Acts relating to imported copies of computer programs
(1) In an action by a plaintiff for infringement of copyright described in section 37 or 38:
(a) relating to the plaintiff’s copyright in a literary work that is a computer program; and
(b) involving an article that has embodied in it a copy of the program;
it must be presumed, unless the defendant proves otherwise, that the copy is not a non‑infringing copy so far as it relates to the plaintiff’s copyright.
Note: Sections 37 and 38 deal with infringement of copyright in literary works (among other things) by commercial importation and dealings involving articles.