Do not bypass go.(Copyright applied to Internet)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, November, 2000 by Albiniak, Paige

Critics, including academics and library personnel, fear Copyright Office ruling will impede 'fair-use' access to content The U.S. Copyright Office has narrowly defined when online users can legally circumvent copyright protecdon, and critics complain that it went too far in protecting content providers' rights.

Drawing from a broad range of options, the agency two weeks ago ruled that users could legally bypass copyright-protection technologies under only two specific circumstances. They can freely decrypt lists of Web sites collected by filtering software in order to see what sites the software is really blocking. And they can circumvent copyright protections when access software is malfunctioning and unintentionally keeping out potential users. ...

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