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Reply comment from Andrew Daviel received on September 30, 2001 via e-mail
Subject: Comments - Government of Canada Copyright Reform
Reply comments on the submission by Canadian Association for Interoperable Systems (CAIS)
I would like to add my support for the recommendations suggested by CAIS in the areas of reverse engineering for reasons of fair use, research, security, privacy and safety.
For instance:
- if a copyrighted work is encoded using a proprietary scheme, and the
work when so encoded has the ability to be modified to contain a
harmful agent (software virus or worm), there should be no impediment
placed in the way of security personnel to rapidly investigate,
research and freely discuss the operation of and response to
such an agent
- if a user purchases the right to view, listen to or otherwise experience a copyrighted work, but the work is not made available in a format that is compatible with the user's equipment or perceptual limitations, then the user should be able to convert the work into a form in which they can experience it. This may require reverse engineering of the encoding process in order that it can be implemented in hardware or software that may not be commercially available. Such hardware of software might include puff and sip devices for the physically challenged, alternative operating systems, legacy or experimental computing devices, and software provided in minority (human) languages.
Andrew Daviel
IT Security Manager, TRIUMF
Proprietor, Vancouver Webpages
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