I.-It is punishable by a fine of €3,750 to knowingly delete or modify, for purposes other than research, any item of information referred to in article L. 331-11, through personal intervention that does not require the use of a technological application, device or existing component, designed or specially adapted for this purpose, with the aim of infringing a right related to copyright, or of concealing or facilitating such infringement.
II.It is punishable by six months’ imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros to knowingly procure or offer to another person, directly or indirectly, means designed or specially adapted to delete or modify, even partially, an item of information referred to in Article L. 331-11, with the aim of infringing a right related to copyright, concealing or facilitating such infringement, by one of the following processes:
1° By manufacturing or importing a technological application, a device or a component, for purposes other than research;
2° By holding with a view to sale, loan or hire, by offering for those same purposes or by making available to the public in any form whatsoever a technological application, a device or a component ;
3° By providing a service for this purpose;
4° By inciting the use of or ordering, designing, organising, reproducing, distributing or broadcasting advertising in favour of one of the processes referred to in 1° to 3°.
III.It is punishable by six months’ imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros to knowingly import, distribute, make available to the public in any form whatsoever or communicate to the public, directly or indirectly, a performance, a phonogram, a videogram, a programme or a press publication, of which an item of information mentioned in Article L. 331-11 has been removed or modified in order to infringe a right related to copyright, or to conceal or facilitate such infringement.
IV.-These provisions do not apply to acts carried out for computer security purposes, within the limits of the rights provided for in this code.