White smoke from the chimney of the L of C... As of now, it is now explicitly legal to decrypt the blacklists of NetNanny - style applications.
As of now, it is now explicitly legal to RevEng abandonware dongles. Also legal to break copy-restriction schemes on abandonware. The most surprising exemption is for eBook decription. It is only allowed if you can't otherwise render the text into a 'specialized format'. ----- Forwarded message from Phil Gengler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- Within the last 5 minutes, the LOC website (http://www.copyright.gov/1201) posted the determinations for DMCA exemptions from the May hearings. Interesting read, if nothing else. 4 classes of works were exempted, and for several that weren't, there's an explanation of why.
