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(B) Any damage resulting from the acts carried out in good faith by the service provider,
on the basis of false information contained in the notice given or in a response to
notice, shall incur the liability of the party that issued such false information.
(C) The “response to notice” issued by a subscriber whose material has been withdrawn
or disabled inadvertently or because of mistaken identity must be written, duly signed by
that subscriber and contain within it the following:
(1) the identity, address and telephone number of the subscriber;
(2) the identification of the material which has been withdrawn or for which access has
been disabled:
(3) the location where the material appeared prior to its withdrawal or the disabling of
access;
(4) a signed declaration attesting to the accuracy of the information contained in the
response to the notice;
(5) a statement in which the subscriber agrees to grant competence to the court of his
place of domicile should he reside on the national territory, or to another court
competent with regard to the domicile of the service provider when said service
provider is domiciled outside the national territory;
(6) a signed statement from the subscriber attesting in good faith that he believes that
the material was withdrawn or disabled inadvertently or owing to mistaken identity.
The response to notice may be forwarded by e-mail and the electronic signature shall satisfy
the requirement for a signature.
Article 65.15
The Moroccan Copyright Office shall demand, upon written request of an owner of copyright
or related rights or his representative, or a service provider receiving notice, to identify any
perpetrator of an alleged infringement of copyright or related rights, and to communicate as
so on as possible and where possible sufficient information about him to be forwarded to the
rightsowner.
PART V
SCOPE OF APPLICATION OF THE LAW
Application to Literary and Artistic Works
Article 66
The provisions of this Law relating to the protection of literary and artistic works shall apply
to:
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(a) works whose author or any other original copyright owner is a national of the Kingdom of
Morocco or has his habitual residence or headquarters in the Kingdom of Morocco;
(b) audiovisual works whose producer is a national of the Kingdom of Morocco or has his
habitual residence or headquarters in the Kingdom of Morocco;
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