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Originally Posted by Victoria
Are you quite sure there is no penalty? Not to be a doubting Thomas - I'm just not legally minded, and not sure if I'm completely following the discussion.
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For this type of situation, there are usually three possible types of damages: compensatory, statutory and punitive.
In Canada, compensatory damages requires a plaintiff to show an actual loss. In the case of removing the DRM for a file you own, there is no such loss as you already paid for the file. They could argue that it caused you to not purchase comparable files in other formats, but it wouldn't be a strong argument, and even if the court agreed with that argument, it wouldn't be worth enough in damages to sue.
Also, according to Bill C-11, they specify no statutory damages for circumvention for person use. That eliminates that category.
Finally, in Canada, punitive damages require you to have shown blatant disregard causing harm. In this case, the court is incredibly unlikely to award any, as there is no harm that can be proven.
All of this is an over-simplification, but should cover the basics for this specific situation.