FYI..... Please share with whomever you think might have interest. > 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 > >