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- (e) the act is not a rights infringement in relation to the protected copy; and
- (f) the act does not violate any written law other than this Act.
Exception—achieving interoperability between computer programs
430.—(1) A person may circumvent a technological measure by doing an act in relation to a protected copy that is a computer program if—
- (a) the protected copy is not an infringing copy;
- (b) the act is done—
- (i) in good faith;
- (ii) with respect to particular elements of the computer program that are not readily available to the person doing the act; and
- (iii) for the sole purpose of achieving interoperability of an independently created computer program with another computer program; and
- (c) the act does not infringe the copyright in the firstmentioned computer program.
(2) A person may deal in a circumventing device if—
- (a) the device is used only in circumstances to which subsection (1) applies; or
- (b) at the time of dealing, the person does not know and could not reasonably have known that the device will be used in any other circumstances.
(3) A person may deal in a circumventing service if—
- (a) the service is performed only in circumstances to which subsection (1) applies; or
- (b) at the time of dealing, the person does not know and could not reasonably have known that the service will be performed in any other circumstances.
