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Originally Posted by rkomar
So exactly what is the digital lock-breaking part of the law for if not to stop personal use?
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My best guess is that its main purpose is to make it easier to fine companies that sell copyrighted software, games and DVDs. Previously you had to prove they had actually sold stuff, which was difficult as they rarely had merchandise on hand; they produced it as they had requests from customers. This would make it so that if you found a shop built around circumvention (such as a mod chip sales company or an illegal DVD copier), they can easily be charged and fined. As Canadian law, unlike American law, requires damages to be proven, it's very difficult to charge these people otherwise.
Also, it does prevent Canadians from from creating or providing instruction on DRM removal tools, but not much else.
However, if you're not breaking the law in order to break another law, it shouldn't have much impact. I'm guessing that the only reason it's in there is to placate the media companies a bit.