[free-sklyarov] Dr. James Billington, Librarian of Congress

[alfee cube]

i have been looking for a copy of the first recently
issued report: 

"DMCA section 104 report : a report of the Register of
Copyrights pursuant to [section] 104 of the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act."

LCCN: 2001-42373
KF2989.573.A15 2001

if someone has located this (besides the copy in the
library of congress) i would appreciate the
information.


--- Nick Moffitt <nick at zork.net> wrote:
> Dr. James Billington is a russophile and the USA's
> Librarian of
> Librarians.  
> 
> Perhaps we should send him letters on the subject.
> 
>
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/11/01/digital.copyright.idg/
> > Billington based his statements on the
> recommendations of the
> > register of copyrights, who was assigned to
> consider a wide range of
> > possible adverse impacts of the prohibition. The
> Copyright Office's
> > primary responsibility was to assess whether
> current technologies
> > that control access to copyrighted works are
> "diminishing the
> > ability of individuals to use works in lawful,
> non-infringing ways,"
> > Billington said in the statement.
> > 
> > Robert Dizard Jr., staff director of the Copyright
> Office, said the
> > register of copyrights found that the access
> controls were adversely
> > affecting people who wanted to access the two
> exempt classes of
> > work.  The register made the recommendation based
> on public comments
> > showing problems with these two particular
> classes, Dizard said,
> > adding that the ruling should not be considered a
> defeat or victory
> > for any particular group.
> > 
> > "We would not characterize this as a rulemaking to
> select winners
> > and losers," he said. "Congress indicated in the
> statute that the
> > record had to clearly support an adverse affect"
> in order to obtain
> > an exemption.
> 
> http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon/alwn9085.html
> > The Librarian of Congress James Billington has
> ruled against the
> > American public and library users by negating fair
> use in the
> > digital arena. Billington allowed only two
> exceptions in the fair
> > use proceeding involving the 1201
> anticircumvention provision of the
> > Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
> > 
> > A preliminary review of the ruling reveals that
> Billington adopted
> > recommendations by Marybeth Peters, Register of
> Copyrights, to
> > provide exemptions only for malfunctions and to
> determine which
> > sites are blocked by filtering software. The
> exemption related to
> > circumventing filtering software may be useful
> although problematic.
> 
>
http://www.uwex.edu/disted/desien/2000/0011/copyright.htm
> > LIBRARIANS AND DIGITAL COPYRIGHT - Affirmation of
> the Digital
> > Millennium Copyright Act by the Library of
> Congress, has angered
> > librarians. The DMCA, gives owners of copyrighted
> digital content
> > control over how that content is accessed. There
> is particular
> > concern about making certain that the precepts of
> the "fair use"
> > principle are carried over to the digital age. The
> Librarian of
> > Congress, James Billington, has recently said that
> he believes it is
> > very important that the fair-use principle be
> maintained. He also
> > affirmed that the new legislation affects access,
> not content use.
> > The ruling most severely impacts students,
> academics and others
> > performing scholarly research by preventing them
> from getting around
> > technological protection measures when referring
> to copyrighted
> > material. (InformationWeek Online, 30 Oct 00)
> 
> 
> 
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