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Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx
hi JL .... on reading the following I would say that removing DRM in order to read a purchased ebook may just fit into this Defence clause:
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COPYRIGHT ACT 1968 - SECT 132APC
Defence--interoperability
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the person if:
(a) the person circumvents the access control technological protection measure to enable the person to do an act; and
(b) the act:
(i) relates to a copy of a computer program (the original program ) that is not an infringing copy and that was lawfully obtained; and
(ii) will not infringe the copyright in the original program; and
(iia) relates to elements of the original program that will not be readily available to the person when the circumvention occurs; and
(iii) will be done for the sole purpose of achieving interoperability of an independently created computer program with the original program or any other program.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/c...3/s132apc.html
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Mmmm .... |
If you want to know what Parliament intended, you should read the
Copyright Amendment Act 2006 Explanatory Memorandum (
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/c...23/memo_0.html).
Of most interest are pages 98-100 (Part 2--Reproducing copyright material in a different format for private use) and pages 210-1 (the sub-s 116AN(3) interoperability exception).
JL