23 Nov
2006
23 Nov
'06
10:50 p.m.
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."
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