New Anti-Circumvention Rulemaking Coming Soon

zurab writes "According to CNet, copyright regulators are considering a rare public comment (pdf) process on the controversial DMCA law. The article states they are mostly looking for what kind of exceptions they should make to the law." If you recall, the Librarian of Congress is required by law to conduct a review process every three years to see if there are any specific types of works which should be exempted from part of the DMCA. You can see loc.gov for some information about the current and previous rulemaking procedures, and this piece I wrote after the last rulemaking was finished, examining what did and didn't work to convince the bureaucrats.

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Not a Librarian

[jfrumkin]

If only the Librarian of Congress was actually a librarian. He's not - he has no degree in library science. He causes much agnst among librarians because of his rulings on the DMCA, webcasting, etc.

Here are some links relating to info about him:

His official bio

http://www.deepinthestacks.com/ - some commentary