CO Opens Triennial Process for Granting DMCA Section 1201 Exemptions
The Copyright Office announced the opening of its triennial rulemaking process for granting exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's Section 1201 rules barring circumvention of technological protection mechanisms (see 1706300066). The goal is to identify potential classes of works…
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“to which users are, or are likely to be in the next three years, adversely affected in their ability to make noninfringing uses due to the prohibition on circumventing access controls,” the CO said Monday. Petitions for exemption renewal are due July 22, petitions for new exemptions Sept. 8, said the Federal Register. Comments on renewal petitions are due Sept. 8. The CO said it’s again using a “streamlined” process for “renewal of exemptions that were granted during the seventh triennial rulemaking.” Renewed exemptions will remain in force through October 2024.