right of repair

In 2012 Canada amended the Copyright Act to introduce legal protection for technological measures (TPMs)  as part of the Copyright Modernizaton Act. In the 2024 Budget published yesterday the Government announced plans to review and possibly amend these provisions to introduce rights of repair.

The announcement of the proposed rights of repair are set out in two sections of the Budget.

The first is under the heading “Lower Costs and Fairer Treatment for Farmers”. It states, in part:

“To make it easier for farmers to use the tools and technology essential to running their farms, the government is supporting efforts to amend the Copyright Act to help achieve interoperability between devices and equipment.