UNITED
STATES
COPYRIGHT
OFFICE
section
1201
rulemaking:
Fifth Triennial Proceeding to Determine Exemptions to the Prohibition on Circumvention
recommendation of the register of copyrights october
2012
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Section 1201 Rulemaking: Fifth Triennial Proceeding to Determine Exemptions to the Prohibition on Circumvention Recommendation of the Register of Copyrights Table of Contents I.Background ............................................................................................................................. 3
A.Section 1201(a)(1) ............................................................................................................................ 3B.Responsibilities of the Register of Copyrights and Librarian of Congress ...................................... 5C.Defining a class ................................................................................................................................ 9
A.Commencement .............................................................................................................................. 11B.Notice of Proposed Rulemaking .................................................................................................... 11C.Public hearings and written questions ............................................................................................ 12D.Consultation with NTIA ................................................................................................................. 12
A.Proposed Class 1: Literary works in the public domain – digital access ...................................... 13B.Proposed Class 2: Literary works distributed electronically – assistive technologies .................................................................................................................................... 16C.Proposed Class 3: Video game consoles – software interoperability (“jailbreaking”) .............................................................................................................................. 26D.Proposed Class 4: Personal computing devices – software interoperability ............................................................................................................................... 52E.Proposed Class 5: Wireless telephone handsets – software interoperability (“jailbreaking”) ..................................................................................................... 65F.Proposed Class 6: Wireless telephone handsets – interoperability with alternative networks (“unlocking”) ................................................................................................ 81G.Proposed Classes 7 and 8: Motion picture excerpts – commentary, criticism, and educational uses ..................................................................................................... 101H.Proposed Class 9: Motion pictures and other audiovisual works – captioning and descriptive audio .................................................................................................. 143I.Proposed Class 10: Motion pictures and other works on DVDs and other media – space shifting .................................................................................................................. 157