Written by Brogar the 29 Jul 09 at 16:55.

Allowing the circumvention of digital locks in certain situations including research, education, and rightful ownership makes sense.

Allowing the circumvention of digital locks in certain situations including research, education, and rightful ownership makes sense.

Written by DFewer the 5 Aug 09 at 15:37.

Solution #1 is consistent with both C-60 and the DMCA approach. The problem with picking certain activities that are permitted to avoid a digital lock is that you replicate the work already done in the Copyright Act: we've already identified socially useful activities that do not infringe copyright. Why replicate that task in anti-circumvention?

This suggests that we adopt the C-60 approach - no liability for circumvention if done for a non-infringing purpose.

Solution #1 is consistent with both C-60 and the DMCA approach. The problem with picking certain activities that are permitted to avoid a digital lock is that you replicate the work already done in the Copyright Act: we've already identified socially useful activities that do not infringe copyright. Why replicate that task in anti-circumvention? This suggests that we adopt the C-60 approach - no liability for circumvention if done for a non-infringing purpose.