[game_preservation] Online DRM

[Andreas Lange]

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


Rachel Donahue schrieb:

>>  anticipate the outcome of the study I expect that further legal actions

>> must be undertaken, like the exeption on the DMCA, which was granted in 2003

>> (http://www.copyright.gov/1201/). In spite this was an important step to

>> enable archives to preserve games legally (at least in the US), online DRM

>> systems seem to be a new challenge to me, where the archivists depends on

>> the volontary cooperation of the industry. Therefore I was interested to

>> hear, if that was a topic at the GDC.

>> Andreas

>>

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> Unfortunately, all US DMCA exemptions were discontinued with only a slight

> whisper on the net, and had to be re-submitted for consideration in the new

> set (this happens every 3 years). There are public hearings on these

> proposals in May.

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> Rachel Donahue

> Graduate Assistant

> Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities

> University of Maryland, College Park

> College Park, MD

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