] On Tuesday, The LOC announced four classes of work that
] will be exempt from the DMCA's specific prohibition
] against circumvention of technological measures that
] control access to copyrighted works. The exemptions did
] not include making back-up copies of DVDs.
]
] Under the LOC's triennial review of DMCA non-infringing
] uses, exemptions were granted for (1.) decoding lists of
] Web pages or directories blocked by Internet filtering
] software, also known as censorware; (2.) circumventing
] obsolete digital rights management devices called
] "dongles" that prevent access due to malfunction or
] damage; (3.) accessing computer programs and video games
] distributed in obsolete formats; and (4.) accessing
] ebooks for which the publisher has disabled the
] read-aloud function or the ability to use screen readers
] to render the text into a specialized format, such as
] Braille for access by the blind.

Interesting what got exempted ... and that academic research *didn't* get exempted...

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