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Copyright Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Permitted Uses of Copyright Works and Protected Performances
240. Observing, studying and testing of computer program by lawful user
Feedback & support(1)
If the conditions in subsection (2) are met, it is a permitted use for a person (X) to observe, study or test the functioning of a computer program.
(2)
The conditions are —
(a)
X is a lawful user of the program; and
(b)
the observing, studying or testing is done —
(i)
to determine the ideas and principles that underlie any element of the program; and
(ii)
while X is performing any act of loading, displaying, running, transmitting or storing the program that X is entitled to do.