Comments on Anticircumvention Exemptions
The Copyright Office received 74 comments in response to its notice of inquiry in this rulemaking. A significant number of these comments do not adhere to the requirements of the Office's Notice of Inquiry. For example, a number of commenters have failed to propose a “class of works,” have proposed broad classes without factual support for such a class, have not identified a causal connection between a noninfringing use and the prohibition on circumvention, or have not identified an access control that would implicate the prohibition of circumvention. While the value of such comments to this statutory inquiry is questionable, the Copyright Office has decided to post these comments.
It should be noted, however, that the reply comment period is an opportunity to be responsive to the initial proposals, and the Office will only consider reply comments that provide additional facts and/or arguments in further support of or in opposition to genuine proposals for exemptions contained in the comments that appear below. The only mechanism for raising new proposed exemptions at this time is the discretionary petition process discussed in the last paragraph of the Notice of Inquiry.
Document | Name/Organization | |
1 | Joseph DiScipio, American Foundation for the Blind | Comment Class/Summary |
2 | Jonathan Band, Library Copyright Alliance and Music Library Association | Comment Class/Summary |
3 | Jennifer Stisa Granick, The Wireless Alliance and Robert Pinkerton | Comment Class/Summary |
4 | Brewster Kahle, The Internet Archive | Comment Class/Summary |
5 | Peter Decherney, et al, The University of Pennsylvania | Comment Class/Summary |
6 | Deirdre Mulligan, Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic | Comment Class/Summary |
7 | Lawrence A. Husick, Delaware County PA IP Forum | Comment Class/Summary |
8 | Matthew Schruers, Computer and Communication Industry Association and Open Source and Industry Alliance | Comment Class/Summary |
9 | Gerald R. Lustig | Comment Class/Summary |
10 | William Byrd | Comment Class/Summary |
11 | Jonathan Bertei | Comment Class/Summary |
12 | Matthew Ford | Comment Class/Summary |
13 | Rocco Stanzione | Comment Class/Summary |
14 | Joe W. Jackson Jr. | Comment Class/Summary |
15 | Daniel Rudy | Comment Class/Summary |
16 | Danny Lee | Comment Class/Summary |
17 | Christopher Meacham | |
18 | Christopher Meacham (2nd submission) | Comment Class/Summary |
19 | Jesse Litton | Comment Class/Summary |
20 | Seth Erickson | Comment Class/Summary |
21 | Herbert William Robinson | Comment Class/Summary |
22 | Gabriel Ferreira | Comment Class/Summary |
23 | Steven Pritchard | Comment Class/Summary |
24 | Robert Wohlfarth | Comment Class/Summary |
25 | Lindsey Powers | Comment Class/Summary |
26 | Dick Downing | Comment Class/Summary |
27 | Floyd Nash | Comment Class/Summary |
28 | Jeff Fessler | Comment Class/Summary |
29 | Caleb Callaway | Comment Class/Summary |
30 | Dale Janus | Comment Class/Summary |
31 | Avery Morrow | Comment Class/Summary |
32 | Johan Detter | Comment Class/Summary |
33 | Cliff Copass | Comment Class/Summary |
34 | Andrew Khitsun | Comment Class/Summary |
35 | Scott McBride | Comment Class/Summary |
36 | John Payson | Comment Class/Summary |
37 | Jim Konop | Comment Class/Summary |
38 | Daniel Palmisano | Comment Class/Summary |
39 | Bruce MacArthur | Comment Class/Summary |
40 | Matthew A. Leigh | Comment Class/Summary |
41 | Frank Nelson | Comment Class/Summary |
42 | Gene Desotell | Comment Class/Summary exhibit 1 exhibit 2 exhibit 3 |
43 | John T. Mitchell, Video Software Dealers Association | Comment Class/Summary |
44 | Dennis Starker | Comment Class/Summary |
45 | Alan Rouse | Comment Class/Summary |
46 | Trey Williams | Comment Class/Summary |
47 | Tim Patterson | Comment Class/Summary |
48 | Brent Dolphin | Comment Class/Summary |
49 | Thomas Kent | Comment Class/Summary |
50 | Brian Blake | Comment Class/Summary |
51 | John Ruzicka | Comment Class/Summary |
52 | John Morton | Comment Class/Summary |
53 | Jeffrey Wasel | Comment Class/Summary |
54 | Jed Sundwall | Comment Class/Summary |
55 | Bryant Cutler | Comment Class/Summary |
56 | Ron and Mattie Wackwitz | Comment Class/Summary |
57 | Matt Venzke | Comment Class/Summary |
58 | Richie Brownlee | Comment Class/Summary |
59 | John E. Gilmore Jr. | Comment Class/Summary |
60 | Craig Poppe | Comment Class/Summary |
61 | Christopher Peters | Comment Class/Summary |
62 | Mark Chatterton | Comment Class/Summary |
63 | Ron Williams | Comment Class/Summary |
64 | Johnny Jones | Comment Class/Summary |
65 | Peter Ecclesine | Comment Class/Summary |
66 | Gary Cameron | Comment Class/Summary |
67 | Patrick Meyer | Comment Class/Summary |
68 | Jonathon M. Robison | Comment Class/Summary |
69 | Lachlan Patrick | Comment Class/Summary |
70 | Gary Seibel | Comment Class/Summary |
71 | Herbert A Rubenstein | Comment Class/Summary |
72 | Lyle Hall | Comment Class/Summary |
73 | Anthony J. Selvaggio | Comment Class/Summary |
74 | Helmut Krahn | Comment Class/Summary |