(g) Encryption Research.
(1) Definitions. For purposes of this subsection-
(A) the term "encryption research" means activities necessary to
identify and analyze flaws and vulnerabilities of encryption
technologies applied to copyrighted works, if these activities are
conducted to advance the state of knowledge in the field of encryption
technology or to assist in the development of encryption products; and
(B) the term "encryption technology" means the scrambling and
descrambling of information using mathematical formulas or algorithms.
(2) Permissible Acts of Encryption Research. Notwithstanding the
provisions of subsection (a)(1)(A), it is not a violation of that
subsection for a person to circumvent a technological measure as applied
to a copy, phonorecord, performance, or display of a published work in
the course of an act of good faith encryption research if-
(A) the person lawfully obtained the encrypted copy, phonorecord,
performance, or display of the published work;
(B) such act is necessary to conduct such encryption research;
(C) the person made a good faith effort to obtain authorization before
the circumvention; and
(D) such act does not constitute infringement under this title or a
violation of applicable law other than this section, including section
1030 of title 18 and those provisions of title 18 amended by the
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986.
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