From: U.S. Copyright Office: Statement of the Librarian of Congress Relating to Section 1201 Rulemaking http://www.copyright.gov/1201/docs/2006_statement.html
"In accordance with section 1201(a)(1) of the copyright law, I am issuing a final rule that sets out six classes of works that will be subject to exemptions for the next three years from the statute's prohibition against circumvention of technology that effectively controls access to a copyrighted work. This is the third time that I have issued such a rule, which the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) requires that I do every three years. These exemptions expire after three years, unless proponents prove their case once again." ...The new classes of works will enable film and media studies professors to make compilations of film clips for classroom instruction, make it easier for owners of wireless telephone handsets to continue to use those handsets when they switch to new wireless carriers, and permit the testing, investigation and correction of security vulnerabilities on compact discs that are distributed with access control technology that compromises the security of personal computers." Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
