"The Digital Millenium [sic] Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA) is a
so-called "update" to the US copyright laws, that strongly favors
the rights of copyright holders over all others, and may interfere
strongly with fair use rights, the right to reverse engineer, the
right to conduct cryptographic analyses, and many other rights held
by individuals and by companies in other industries than
information and entertainment content. The law could even thwart
libraries' and museums' ability to archive information, and
interfere with education and research in our schools and
universities."
"The US Copyright Office in the Library of Congress has the job
of ensuring that implementation of the DMCA does not negatively
impact legitimate activities that should remain exempt from DMCA's
prohibition on "circumvention of technological measures that
control access to copyrighted works." The Copyright Office is
asking for public comments on its proposed rules and, in this
instance, for "reply comments" on previous comments submitted in an
earlier round of testimony."