I believe the previous LoC rulemaking exemption already permitted the decryption of blocking sw blacklists. No change here. -Declan On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 04:45:30PM -0500, BillyGOTO wrote:
White smoke from the chimney of the L of C...
As of now, it is now explicitly legal to decrypt the blacklists of NetNanny - style applications.
As of now, it is now explicitly legal to RevEng abandonware dongles. Also legal to break copy-restriction schemes on abandonware.
The most surprising exemption is for eBook decription. It is only allowed if you can't otherwise render the text into a 'specialized format'.
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Within the last 5 minutes, the LOC website (http://www.copyright.gov/1201) posted the determinations for DMCA exemptions from the May hearings.
Interesting read, if nothing else. 4 classes of works were exempted, and for several that weren't, there's an explanation of why.