Classification of software protection locks: treated as hardware when standalone, as software when imported together as a set. Where a protection lock is imported separately or as a distinct hardware item (pre programmed without accompanying software, or unprogrammed), it is treated as computer hardware and classifiable accordingly. When the protection lock is imported together with the software on media as a set clearly intended to be used together, the combined import is classified as software by applying the General Interpretative Rule treating the set as a whole.
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Classification of software protection locks: treated as hardware when standalone, as software when imported together as a set.
Where a protection lock is imported separately or as a distinct hardware item (pre programmed without accompanying software, or unprogrammed), it is treated as computer hardware and classifiable accordingly. When the protection lock is imported together with the software on media as a set clearly intended to be used together, the combined import is classified as software by applying the General Interpretative Rule treating the set as a whole.
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