As discussed in the last entry, Bill C-61 includes an exception for encryption research much like the U.S. DMCA. The U.S. DMCA exception has been widely criticized as providing insufficient legal protection for legitimate encryption research, leading to significant concerns in the research community about the prospect for liability. The […]
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61 Reforms to C-61, Day 25: TPMs – Research Exception Limited to Encryption and Security Testing
Bill C-61 includes two exceptions relevant for researchers: an exception at Section 41.13 limited to encryption research (unlike the U.S. DMCA, encryption research is not defined) and security testing at Section 41.15, which could be construed to include security research on computer or network vulnerabilities. The impact of the anti-circumvention […]
61 Reforms to C-61, Day 23: TPMs – No Exception for Obsolete or Broken Digital Locks
The inclusion of a right to circumvent in the event that the TPM breaks or becomes obsolete should be relatively uncontroversial. The U.S. Registrar of Copyrights has included a specific exception that addresses this situation since 2000. The exception reflects the recognition that the continual evolution of technology places the […]
61 Reforms to C-61, Day 22: TPMs – No Exception for Filtering Programs
As part of the U.S. Copyright Office's DMCA rulemaking procedure (under which it identifies non-infringing uses that are hampered by the DMCA), the Office has twice issued an exemption for circumvention of filtering software programs in order to identify the list of sites included within the program. Filtering programs can […]
61 Reforms to C-61, Day 21: TPMs – No Exception to Protect Minors
An exception that surprisingly is not included in Bill C-61's anti-circumvention provisions is an exception to protect minors. How does this arise in the context of copyright? One obvious example are parents who wish to stop their children from watching certain scenes in a movie. There are services such as […]
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