Thanks very much, Jim
Janet

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> From:         Greenberg, James
> Reply To:     Teaching Breakfast List
> Sent:         Friday, November 22, 2002 9:40 AM
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> Subject:           FW: Comment period open for DMCA
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> FYI..... 
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> Please share with whomever you think might have interest. 
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> COMMENT PERIOD OPENS FOR DMCA 
> The latest federally mandated public comment period on the Digital 
> Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) opened this week and will end on 
> December 18. Passage of the DMCA in 1998 included stipulations that the 
> U.S. Copyright Office would conduct periodic reviews of the law. One of 
> the most often discussed elements of the law is a prohibition on 
> circumventing technological protections for copyrighted work. This 
> anti-circumvention provision is expected to draw a significant number 
> of comments in the review period. The Copyright Office is responsible 
> for determining exceptions to the anti-circumvention provision. Groups 
> opposed to the DMCA, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, hope 
> that the review will lead to more consideration from the Copyright 
> Office for research and other legitimate activities that are threatened 
> by the DMCA. The group noted, however, that real change cannot happen 
> until the law is amended, despite ongoing review cycles. 
> PCWorld, 20 November 2002 
> http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,107129,00.as 
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