USCO Reviewing DMCA Anti-Circumvention Clause (Copywrite and fair use in the digital age)

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[AFreeBird]

ahknight writes: "The United States Copyright office begins its required review of the effects of the anti-circumvention portions of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act on November 2nd. This review period lasts until December 1, 2005. They will be accepting your well-thought-out opinions on the web and by mail. If you're reasonably ticked that you can't legally get around encrypted files to get at the media you've bought, start writing a coherent stance for the USCO today."

[AFreeBird]

So, if you want to legally be able to backup your DVD's (and CD's); rip them to harddrive to stream to any system in your home; play your downloaded iTunes on a non Apple mp3 player (or visa versa) - burn them to a mix CD; play DVD's on your Linux system (legally); basically, make use of the media YOU purchased on any device YOU chose without having to break some law, then you need to comment.

We have one month for the comment period.

[AFreeBird]

needs a tech and other pings....