[game_preservation] Online DRM

[Devin Monnens]

So this also means that any archival work that was done becomes illegal
after the exemption ends? So if somebody did a digital backup of a game
under this exhemption, they'd have to delete it? That doesn't sound like a
good system...

-Devin

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Henry Lowood <lowood at stanford.edu> wrote:


> Correct.  The original ruling was in 2000, then the renewal was in 2003 and

> 2006.  But this three-year cycle is really impossible to maintain, because

> someone needs to track the issue and organize the effort.  Inevitably, the

> interested parties lose track of the issue.  It's crazy to have such a

> short-term renewal cycle.

>

> Henry

>

> Rachel "Sheepy" Donahue wrote:

>

>> 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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