eNews on Copyright

Exceptions to liability for circumventing of access measures are:

1.    reverse engineering for the purposes of achieving interoperability

2.    security testing of encryption technology

3.    parental control locks

4.    security testing of computers/networks

5.    privacy issues

6.    law enforcement and national security

7.    libraries for making acquisition decisions, and

8.    other exceptions identified under an legislative or administrative review as addressing a credibly demonstrated actual or likely adverse effect on non-infringing use.

Exceptions to liability for dealings with devices that circumvent access measures are:

1.  reverse engineering for the purposes of achieving interoperability

2.  security testing of encryption technology

3.  parental control locks

4.  security testing of computers/networks, and

6.  law enforcement and national security.

Exceptions to liability for dealings with devices that circumvent copyright measures are:

1.  reverse engineering for the purposes of achieving interoperability, and

6.  law enforcement and national security.