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[DMCA-Activists] DMCA Rulemaking Issued - 4 Exemptions
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Seth Johnson |
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[DMCA-Activists] DMCA Rulemaking Issued - 4 Exemptions |
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Tue, 28 Oct 2003 16:41:22 -0500 |
(Forwarded from Berkman Center DVD Discussion list)
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From: "James S. Tyre" <address@hidden>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 13:31:15 -0800
Subject: [dvd-discuss] DMCA Rulemaking issued - 4 exemptions
Full rulemaking at
http://www.copyright.gov/1201/docs/fedreg-notice-final.pdf
The exemptions, from
http://www.copyright.gov/1201/docs/librarian_statement_01.html
1. Compilations consisting of lists of Internet locations blocked
by commercially marketed filtering software applications that are
intended to prevent access to domains, websites or portions of
websites, but not including lists of Internet locations blocked by
software applications that operate exclusively to protect against
damage to a computer or computer network or lists of Internet
locations blocked by software applications that operate exclusively to
prevent receipt of email.
2. Computer programs protected by dongles that prevent access due
to malfunction or damage and which are obsolete.
3. Computer programs and video games distributed in formats that
have become obsolete and which require the original media or hardware
as a condition of access.
4. Literary works distributed in ebook format when all existing
ebook editions of the work (including digital text editions made
available by authorized entities) contain access controls that prevent
the enabling of the ebook's read-aloud function and that prevent the
enabling of screen readers to render the text into a specialized
format.
See also the Register of Copyrights' recommendations to the Librarian
of Congress (198 pages) at
http://www.copyright.gov/1201/docs/registers-recommendation.pdf
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