Copyright Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-42)

Marginal note:Interoperability of computer programs

• 30.61 (1) It is not an infringement of copyright in a computer program for a person who owns a copy of the computer program that is authorized by the owner of the copyright, or has a licence to use a copy of the computer program, to reproduce the copy if

  • (a) they reproduce the copy for the sole purpose of obtaining information that would allow the person to make the program and another computer program interoperable; and

  • (b) they do not use or disclose that information, except as necessary to make the program and another computer program interoperable or to assess that interoperability.

• Marginal note:No limitation

  (2) In the case where that information is used or disclosed as necessary to make another computer program interoperable with the program, subsection (1) applies even if the other computer program incorporates the information and is then sold, rented or otherwise distributed.