[free-sklyarov] DMCA 1201(c) - what the heck is it for?

[Morgan]

What's the point of 1201(c)?  If it doesn't absolve Dmitry from
1201(b), how are people supposed to exercise their fair use
rights?  Is it only supposed to apply to 1201(a) for the
circumventor, not (b) the circumvention device creator? Any
ideas?

(c) Other Rights, Etc., Not Affected. - (1) Nothing in this
section shall affect rights, remedies, limitations, or defenses
to copyright infringement, including fair use, under this title.

(2) Nothing in this section shall enlarge or diminish vicarious
or contributory liability for copyright infringement in
connection with any technology, product, service, device,
component, or part thereof. 
(3) Nothing in this section shall require that the design of, or
design and selection of parts and components for, a consumer
electronics, telecommunications, or computing product provide
for a response to any particular technological measure, so long
as such part or component, or the product in which such part or
component is integrated, does not otherwise fall within the
prohibitions of subsection (a)(2) or (b)(1). 
(4) Nothing in this section shall enlarge or diminish any rights
of free speech or the press for activities using consumer
electronics, telecommunications, or computing products. 

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/1201.html



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