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September 27, 2011 11:05 pm

Canadian Government Says DRM Circumvention Not Related To Copyright

An anonymous reader writes "Michael Geist has followed up a recentrelease of internal government talking points on copyright with the full, internal clause-by-clause analysis of Bill C-32. A new copyright bill isexpected as soon as this week and the government document confirms there is no defense to violations of the digital lock rules, noting 'a contravention of this prohibition is not an infringement of copyright and the defenses toinfringement of copyright are not defenses to these prohibitions.' The government's own words on the digital lock provisions confirm that they may be unconstitutional since they fall outside the boundaries of copyright."Basically, if you break DRM even without violating copyright in the process you can still be held liable, and from this any defense based on copyright law (fair use, etc.) is not valid in such cases. On the flipside, several legal experts think that makes those provisions of the law less likely to stand up in court.

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