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Net Archive Gets Some DMCA Exemptions

December 8, 2006 - 6:40pm — Blake

Search Engines WEB writes ""Thanks to the hard work of two great law school students of Peter Jaszi of American University, Jieun Kim and Doug Agopsowicz, the Internet Archive and other libraries may continue to preserve software and video game titles without fear of going to jail...This is a happy moment, but on the other hand this exception is so limited it leaves the overall draconian nature of the DMCA in effect," said the statement. "A total of more than $50,000 of pro-bono lawyer time has been spent to just affect this exemption and its continuation" The Register Has More"

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December 8, 2006 - 7:05pm — Chuck

gets worse

Without a legislative fix the exemption is up for review every two or three years. They might have to do this all over again.

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December 8, 2006 - 7:47pm — Walt

Re:gets worse

Three years, and they will indeed have to do it again. And again. And again. Ask Seth Finkelstein about it...

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