Public Hearing On Copyright Circumvention

TimButterfield writes "PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULE AMENDED (68 FR 19966) The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is scheduling two new days of public hearings in Washington, D.C., on the possible exemptions to the prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. In addition, the Copyright Office has cancelled two previously scheduled dates. Public hearings will now be held in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, May 1, 2003, beginning at 2:00 p.m. and on Friday, May 9, 2003, beginning at 9:30 a.m. The Washington, D.C., public hearings will be held at the Postal Rate Commission, 1333 H Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. The public hearings previously scheduled for April 15 and April 30, 2003, have been cancelled. The public hearing scheduled for May 2, 2003, will be conducted at the Postal Rate Commission at 9:30 a.m. As previously announced, hearings will also take place on May 14 and 15 at the UCLA Law School in Los Angeles, Calif. For more information, see the Copyright Office website."

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Because No One Ever Visits the Website

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Here's what's on the agenda for the May 1st meeting:

Exemption for literary works/eBooks for persons with disabilities

And on the 2nd:

Motion pictures and audiovisual works:

DVD tethering/alternative platforms
DVD backups/noninfringing uses
DVD/Video Game Region Coding

Literary works:

Damaged, malfunctioning, obsolete
Other noninfringing uses

Of all of the issues, I think the DVD issues would be of highest interest to Slashdotters, right? Sounds like issues might include viewing DVDs on Linux (ie, DeCSS) and, of course, region encoding is always an issue.

If no one else can make the May 2nd hearing, I suppose I'd be willing to make the trip (2+ hours), but if there's anyone who already lives in DC, and, better yet, gets Fridays off, that'd be even better.

Since it seems this public hearing isn't open to public comment/participation (some are), it may be that we can just keep our eyes glued on the site and look for transcripts/summaries of the hearings to get further insight.

Re:Because No One Ever Visits the Website

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Full schedule w/ names.

I'll be testifying at the May 2nd hearing, regarding playback of media on operating systems such as Linux.