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Win for copyright user rights in Canada: Digital locks do not trump fair dealing

michaelgeist.ca published 2024-06-01

The Federal Court has issued a landmark decision (Blacklock’s Reports v. Attorney General of Canada) on copyright’s anti-circumvention rules which concludes that digital locks should not trump fair dealing. Rather, the two must co-exist in harmony, leading to an interpretation that users can still rely on fair dealing…

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