Breaking Down the 2009 DMCA Rulemaking, Part 1: Victory for Vidders

Now that the dust has settled on the long-awaited announcement of new DMCA circumvention exemptions, it’s time for an explanation of what these exemptions will (and will not) do for consumers and creators. We’ll start with a tremendously important exemption that we fear was somewhat overlooked in the excitement about jailbreaking and unlocking: breaking DVD encryption in order to take short clips for purposes of criticism and commentary for noncommercial use, educational use and documentary films. This exemption represents many months of hard work by an array of public interest groups

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Breaking Down the 2009 DMCA Rulemaking, Part 1: Victory for Vidders