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