[game_preservation] Online DRM

[Andrew Armstrong]

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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