Exemptions to DCMA

[Archived in Digital Video Formats, Entry]

Bill on 2003/10/29:

  „On Tuesday, the U.S. Copyright Office released the four "classes of works" exempted from the anti-circumvention rule. People may bypass a digital lock to access lists of websites blocked by commercial filtering companies, circumvent obsolete dongles to access computer programs, access computer programs and video games in obsolete formats, and access e-books where the text-to-speech function has been disabled.“

http://www.walloworld.com/triggerman/archives/ 000503.html - Cached

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Some slightly related:

DCMA Report Executive Summary

  „The congressional determination to promote electronic commerce and thedistribution of digital works by providing copyright owners with legal tools toprevent widespread piracy was tempered with concern for maintaining theintegrity of the statutory limitations on the exclusive rights of copyright owners. Inaddition to the provisions adopted by Congress in 1998, there were otherproposals - including amendments to sections 109 and 117, that were notadopted, but were the subjects of a number of studies mandated by the DMCA.Section 104 of the DMCA requires the Register of Copyrights and the AssistantSecretary for Communications and Information to report on the effects of theDMCA on the operation of sections 109 and 117 and the relationship betweenexisting and emergent technology on the operation of sections 109 and 117 oftitle 17 of the United States Code.“

http://www.copyright.gov/reports/studies/dmca/ dmca_executive.html - Cached

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