LOC DMCA Exemptions Posted

[Declan McCullagh]

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'.
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Phil Gengler <phil at codeallday.com> -----
> 
> 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.