[game_preservation] Fwd: Re: Section 1201 issue

[Henry Lowood]

All,
I am sure that all of you are by now aware of the EFF's DMCA exemption 
application, and the ESA response.  See below an inquiry from Kate 
Edwards from IGDA Central about thoughts/opinions members of the SIG 
would like to share about this topic.  I would ask that you keep two 
things in mind:
1. IGDA is considering a response in favor of the exemption application. 
Please think about what you might say that is usefully relevant to 
whether IGDA should do this, and what IGDA might say. Note that several 
us: Jason, the MADE, myself, have provided testimony on behalf of the 
application. Some of us are on the record already, so probably the most 
value would be had by having others in the group speak up.  The link in 
my response to Kate will take you to the application and testimony; I 
suggest you read the statements there as background.
2. Please cc: your comments to Kate Edwards - kate at igda.org and share 
with this group.
Best,
Henry


-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: 	Re: Section 1201 issue
Date: 	Thu, 09 Apr 2015 08:58:55 -0700
From: 	Henry Lowood <lowood at stanford.edu>
Reply-To: 	lowood at stanford.edu
To: 	kate at igda.org



Hi Kate,
As it happens, I have already provided testimony in support of the 
exemption.  So I will point you to the testimony.  You can feel free to 
quote me as an IGDA member, though of course I am only speaking as an 
individual in the testimony.
https://archive.org/stream/201407EFFGamingExemptionComment/2014-07%20EFF%20Gaming%20Exemption%20comment#page/n19/mode/2up
This should link direct to my statement, but you will also find other 
documents there, just browse through the document for additional 
background.  My statement is brief.
Henry

On 4/9/2015 8:04 AM, Kate Edwards (IGDA) wrote:
> Hi Henry,
>
> I hope you're well. I'm reaching out in regards to the issues around 
> the section 1201 exemption of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's 
> anti-circumvention provisions. I'm not sure to what degree you've been 
> following it, but here's one latest story: 
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/04/videogame-publishers-no-preserving-abandoned-games-even-museums-and-archives
>
> Given the ESA's position against such an exemption, the IGDA's board 
> is discussing a potential statement in favor of an exemption, so that 
> enthusiasts, archivists, museums and others can still access and study 
> older games. For sake of our Game Preservation SIG (which I realize 
> isn't super active), I wanted to let you know this pending statement 
> and if you have any thoughts you'd or the SIG would like to share, 
> that would be great.
>
> Thanks much,
>
> Kate
>
>
> *Kate Edwards*
> Executive Director
> *
> International Game Developers Association*
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