Copyright Anticircumvention Notice Statement of the Librarian Relating to Section 1201 Rulemaking

摘要

In accordance with section 1201 (a)(1) of the copyright law, I am today issuing a final rule that sets out four classes of works that will be subject to exemptions for the next three years from the statute's prohibition against circumvention of technology that effectively controls access to a copyrighted work. This is the second time that I have issued such a rule, which the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) requires that I do every three years. These exemptions expire after three years, unless proponents prove their case once again. As required by the DMCA, the Register of Copyrights has conducted a rule-making and made a recommendation to me on this matter. I have accepted the register's recommendation and determined that for the next three years, persons who engage in noninfringing uses of copyrighted works in these four classes will not be subject to the statutory prohibition against circumvention of access controls.