The first two posts on the 32 Questions and Answers on Bill C-32's digital lock provisions focused first on general issues in the bill and second on C-32's circumvention exceptions. Today's post discusses the missing exceptions – circumvention exceptions found in other countries but missing from the Canadian bill. For those that want it all in a single package, I've posted the full series as PDF download.
The Missing Exceptions
This section features answers to the following questions:
- Does C-32 include "authorized circumventers" as is used in New Zealand to facilitate legal circumventions?
- Are companies required to unlock locked content for legal purposes under C-32?
- Does C-32 include an exception for non-infringing access, such as accessing DVDs from other regions?
- Does C-32 include a circumvention exception for personal uses?
- Does C-32 include a circumvention exception for digital archiving?
- Does C-32 include a circumvention exception to protect minors?
- Does C-32 include a circumvention exception for filtering software programs?
- Does C-32 include an exception for circumventing digital locks that become obsolete or broken?
- Does C-32 include an exception for court cases, laws, and government documents?
- Bill C-32's digital lock provisions apply to copyrighted works. Does that mean that public domain (ie. out-of-copyright) works are not affected?
