32 Offences: infringing copyright and making available right
Digital Economy Act 2017 (2017 c 30) | Legislation

32  Offences: infringing copyright and making available right

(1)     The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 is amended as follows.

(2)     In section 107 (criminal liability for making or dealing with infringing articles, etc), for subsection (2A) substitute—

“(2A)     A person (“P”) who infringes copyright in a work by communicating the work to the public commits an offence if P—

(a)     knows or has reason to believe that P is infringing copyright in the work, and

(b)     either—

(i)     intends to make

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