Nathaniel Erskine-Smith at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On February 8th, 2023. See this statement in context.

February 8th, 2023 / 5:10 p.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

Thanks, Joël.

I want to start with the Entertainment Software Association of Canada so I'm entirely clear on what the challenge is.

The language in the legislation very clearly stipulates that one can circumvent the TPM only for the purpose of diagnosing, maintaining or repairing a product, so your challenge isn't with the specific language. Your challenge is that this opens up the possibility of tools for circumvention circulating, and then it's hard from an enforcement perspective to delineate between whether it's for the purpose of the legislation or for an improper motive.

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