(1) The copyright in a protected work is infringed by any person who, not being the owner of the copyright and without the licence of the owner thereof—
(a) in respect of the work, does, or authorises another unauthorised person to do, any of the acts mentioned in section 8, in relation to that work;
(b) imports an article (otherwise than for his or her private and domestic use) into Saint Lucia which he or she knows or has reason to believe, is an infringing copy of the work;
(c) in Saint Lucia, or on any ship or aircraft registered in Saint Lucia—
(i) possesses in the course of business,
(ii) sells, lets for hire, or by way of trade offers or exposes for sale or hire, or
(iii) by way of trade exhibits in public,
an article which he or she knows or has reason to believe, is an infringing copy of the work.
(2) Subsection (1)(c) shall apply, in relation to the distribution of any article either—
(a) for the purposes of trade; or
(b) for other purposes, but only to such an extent as to affect prejudicially the owner of the copyright,
as it applies in relation to the sale of an article.
(3) Copyright in a work is infringed by a person who, without the licence of the copyright owner—
(a) makes;
(b) imports into Saint Lucia;
(c) possesses in the course of a business; or
(d) sells or lets for hire or offers for sale or hire,
an article specifically designed or adapted for making copies of that work, knowing or having reason to believe that it is to be used to make infringing copies.
(4) Copyright in a work is infringed by a person who, without the licence of the copyright owner, transmits the work by means of a telecommunications system (otherwise than by broadcasting or inclusion in a cable programme service) knowing or having reason to believe that infringing copies of the work will be made by means of the reception of the transmission in Saint Lucia or elsewhere.