Copyright Office Names New Exemptions to Anti-Circumvention Law

Washington, DC -- The Library of Congress has approved six new exemptions to a section of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that prohibits people from circumventing copyright locks on digital devices. One exemption will allow mobile phone owners to work around software that prevents their phones from being used with competing carriers. Other exemptions will allow film professors to break DVD security locks in order to create educational compilations for students, and let blind people use software that circumvents copy-protection on e-books. The new exemptions, approved by Librarian of Congress James Billington, will expire in three years.
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