39C. Other acts permitted to lawful users
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Subject to subsection (3), the copyright in a literary work, being a computer program, is not infringed by a lawful user of the computer program copying or adapting the computer program, if such copying or adapting is necessary for his lawful use.
For the avoidance of doubt, it may be necessary for the lawful use of a computer program to copy or adapt the computer program for the purpose of correcting errors in the computer program.
computer program
“computer program” means an expression, in any language, code or notation, of a set of instructions (whether with or without related information) intended, either directly or after either or both of the following: (a)conversion to another language, code or notation;(b)reproduction in a different material form,to cause a device having information processing capabilities to perform a particular function;
Subsection (1) shall not apply to any copying or adapting permitted under section 39 or 39A.