Washington – The U.S. Copyright Office has announced that it will hold
public hearings – in both Washington and California – in its rulemaking
on the possible exemptions to the prohibition against circumvention of
technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. The
controversial section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in
question has led to the prosecution of Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov,
teen-aged Norwegian DeCSS creator Jon Johansen, and a company that makes
software that allows foreign toner cartridges to work in printers. The
hearings will seek to determine whether there are particular "classes of
works" as to which users are, or are likely to be, adversely affected in
their ability to make non-infringing uses if they are prohibited from
circumventing such technological measures. Hearings will be held in
Washington, D.C., on April 11, April 15, April 30, and May 2, 2003; dates
for California hearings during May have yet to be announced.
http://www.copyright.gov/1201/index.html#hearings
Copyright Office Holding Public Hearings on Circumvention Exceptions
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