[game_preservation] Online DRM

[Rachel "Sheepy" Donahue]

I -believe- that was a 2006 exemption that no one re-proposed, but I'm not  
certain.

On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:25:27 -0400, Andrew Armstrong  
<andrew at aarmstrong.org> wrote:


> Certainly point 2 below looks relevant, I'll add it to the groups  

> resources.

>

>> 2. Computer programs and video games distributed in formats that have  

>> become obsolete and that require the original media or hardware as a  

>> condition of access, when circumvention is accomplished for the purpose  

>> of preservation or archival reproduction of published digital works by  

>> a library or archive. A format shall be considered obsolete if the  

>> machine or system necessary to render perceptible a work stored in that  

>> format is no longer manufactured or is no longer reasonably available  

>> in the commercial marketplace.

>

>

> Andrew

>

> Andreas Lange wrote:

>> Rachel "Sheepy" Donahue schrieb:

>>> The exemptions are on a 3-year cycle. More info can be found here:

>>> http://www.copyright.gov/1201/

>>

>>

>> Here:

>> http://www.copyright.gov/1201/2006/index.html

>> it's looks like, that the exemption is still valid (until Oct, 27.  

>> 2009)?

>> Andreas

>>

>>>

>>>

>>> On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:23:59 -0400, Andreas Lange  

>>> <lange at digitalgamearchive.org> wrote:

>>>

>>>> Dear Rachel,

>>>> thanks for the info, which I didn't know. When did that happen? Does  

>>>> anyone know why? And what is the schedule for the next round of DMCA  

>>>> evaluation after the hearings will have started in May?

>>>> While the US law is not directly relevant for us in Germany, I could  

>>>> use this DMCA exeption as a good reference for our local law making  

>>>> process.

>>>> Andreas

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