An article on Yahoo News
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061123/
ap_on_hi_te/digital_copyright> dealing with recent copyright
exemptions granted by the US Library of Congress had an item of
interest for classiccmp listers buried down at the bottom:
"He granted two exemptions dealing with computer obsolescence. For
computer software and video games that require machines no longer
available, copy-protection controls may be circumvented for archival
purposes. Locks on computer programs also may be broken if they
require dongles ? small computer attachments ? that are damaged and
can't be replaced."
CRC
The article is missleading. If you read the actual statement at the
Copyright Office (
http://www.copyright.gov/1201/) it clearly states that
this is only for libraries and archives. So its not granting it carte
blanche for every person, but it is good news for those of us who run
actual museums or archives.
Marty