Federal Republic of Germany Copyright Act (Law on Copyright and Related Rights) Law of 09.09.1965 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 1273) last changed by law of 28.11.2018 (BGBl. I S. 2014) m.W.v. 05.12.2018 and 01.01.2019
Paragraph 95a
Protection of technical measures
(1) Effective technical measures to protect a work protected according to this law or another protected object protected according to this law may not be circumvented without the consent of the right holder, insofar as the agent is aware or must be aware of the circumstances that the circumvention is taking place in order to to allow access to or use of such a work or subject of protection.
(2) 1Technical measures within the meaning of this Act are technologies, devices and components which, in normal operation, are intended to prevent or restrict protected works or other acts relating to protected objects protected by this Act, which are not authorized by the right holder. 2Technical measures are effective insofar as they enable the right holder to use a protected work or other subject-matter protected under this law by means of access control, a protective mechanism such as encryption, distortion or other conversion or a mechanism for controlling the reproduction, which is necessary to achieve the protective objective ensure is kept under control.
(3) The manufacture, import, distribution, sale, rental, advertising with a view to selling or renting and the commercial possession of devices, products or components and the provision of services that are
1. are subject to sales promotion, advertising or marketing with the aim of circumventing effective technical measures or
2. apart from circumventing effective technical measures, have only a limited economic purpose or benefit, or
3. Mainly designed, manufactured, adapted or provided to enable or facilitate the circumvention of effective technical measures.
(4) The duties and powers of public authorities for the purpose of protecting public security or administering criminal justice remain unaffected by the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 3.