Mr. Patrick Blanar at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On March 27th, 2023. See this statement in context.

March 27th, 2023 / 4:10 p.m.

Director, Copywright and Trademark Policy Directorate, Department of Industry

My first response is that it's not so much a copyright issue and it's not so much a TPM issue: It's a contract issue at that point.

If there are contractual obligations between the manufacturer and the end user and they have the authority to modify the software that's embedded at will, I don't know how copyright addresses that.

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