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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Mon Jul 12 17:54:34 1999
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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: 12 Jul 1999 17:33:57 -0400
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 16:31:38 -0400
Subject: IP: RFC -- DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT, SECTION 1201(g)
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>REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT: THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT,
>SECTION 1201(g)
>
>Issue: Encryption/Copyright
>
>The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and
>the U.S. Copyright Office invite interested parties to submit comments on
>Section 1201(g) of The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The topics
>are encryption research and the development of encryption technology; the
>adequacy and effectiveness of technological measures designed to protect
>copyrighted works; and the protection of copyright owners against
>unauthorized access to their encrypted copyrighted works.
>
>The principal question is: "How will the provisions of section 1201(g)
>of the DMCA affect encryption research?" The Register of Copyrights and
>the Assistant Secretary of Communications and Information of the Department
>of Commerce must prepare a report for Congress, examining Section 1201(g)
>no later than October 28, 1999. Comments by the public must be received
>by July 26, 1999.
>
>Mail comments to both the Department of Commerce and the Copyright Office
>addresses: Paula J. Bruening, Office of Chief Counsel, NTIA, Room 4713,
>U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave, NW,
>Washington, DC 20230 and Jesse M. Feder, Office of Policy and
>International Affairs, U.S. Copyright Office, Copyright GC/I&R,
>P.I. Box 70400, Southwest Station, Washington, DC 20024. Comments sent
>in electronic form should go to both dmca@ntia.doc.gov and crypto@loc.gov.
>
>For details about the format of the submissions, visit the NTIA web site at
>the url below. [SOURCE: NTIA, AUTHOR: NTIA, U.S. Department of Commerce and
>the U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress]
>(http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/occ/dmca.htm)
