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July 30, 2010
Copyright Office Releases Classes of Work That Are Exempt from Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems
Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies
37 CFR Part 201, Docket No. RM 2008–8, 7/27/2010
The Library of Congress has unveiled the classes of works subject to the exemption from the prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. Persons making noninfringing uses of the following six classes of works will not be subject to the prohibition against circumventing access controls (17 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(1)) until the conclusion of the next rulemaking.
(1) Motion pictures on DVDs that are lawfully made and acquired and that are protected by the Content Scrambling System when circumvention is accomplished solely in order to accomplish the incorporation of short portions of motion pictures into new…
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