CO to Propose Adopting All DMCA Section 1201 Exemptions

The Copyright Office will recommend readopting “all existing exemptions” under Digital Millennium Copyright Act Section 1201, the agency announced Thursday with an NPRM in the eighth triennial proceeding (see 2006220041). The CO based the decision on a “lack of meaningful opposition” amid renewal petitions. The notice includes 17 proposed classes of exemptions, for which there will be three rounds of comment. Supportive and neutral comments are due Dec. 14, oppositions Feb. 9, and replies from the first group March 10.