DMCA新增訂六項豁免權

這六項exemption,我想很多人等了很久. 雖然不滿意,像是在EFF的戰士們,覺得這樣還是不夠好,他們覺得這些豁免權只限於備份你的DVD, 更換DVD播放器的區域碼.或著教育使用, 但是對於一般消費者並無幫助.

雖然我自己幹翹美國copyright law也是不遺餘力,但是我想有這些reform總是比沒有來的好.

下面英文是DMCA六項exemption的原文, 我並不沒有逐字翻譯. 而是簡單的將各項概述於白話文. 中文不好請多指教. patches are always welcome :)

教授終於不用因為用軟體擷取DVD片段作為教育用途而觸法.

1. Audiovisual works included in the educational library of a college or university’s film or Dmedia studies department, when circumvention is accomplished for the purpose of making compilations of portions of those works for educational use in the classroom by media studies or film professors.

在以保存電腦或是電玩格式的前提下,若該格式已經停產或是不在商業市場上流傳,規避行為(circumvention )則不視為違法.

2. Computer programs and video games distributed in formats that have become obsolete and that require the original media or hardware as a condition of access, when circumvention is accomplished for the purpose of preservation or archival reproduction of published digital works by a library or archive. A format shall be considered obsolete if the machine or system necessary to render perceptible a work stored in that format is no longer manufactured or is no longer reasonably available in the commercial marketplace.

有硬體鎖保護的電腦軟體,如果因為硬體鎖故障而不能用,而該型號的硬體鎖停止生產,或是無法修理或是更換的話,使用者自行DIY將不會觸法.

3. Computer programs protected by dongles that prevent access due to malfunction or damage and which are obsolete. A dongle shall be considered obsolete if it is no longer manufactured or if a replacement or repair is no longer reasonably available in the commercial marketplace.

文學作品的電子書的條款若有讀取限制(比如說,不准你或是電腦把內容唸出聲來或是擅自轉換電子書檔案格式),如果你違反了這些限制,不算違法.

4. Literary works distributed in ebook format when all existing ebook editions of the work (including digital text editions made available by authorized entities) contain access controls that prevent the enabling either of the book’s read-aloud function or of screen readers that render the text into a specialized format.

透過電腦安裝手機的軟體,如果是為了使用無線通話系統擅自修改韌體(firmware),並且用於合法之途的話, 你不算觸法.

5. Computer programs in the form of firmware that enable wireless telephone handsets to connect to a wireless telephone communication network, when circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of lawfully connecting to a wireless telephone communication network.

如果你跟我一樣狠下心腸,用黑色奇異筆把買來radiohead的CD片邊緣塗上一圈,因為討厭的軟體不讓你把CD上面的歌拷貝到電腦上,終於不算違法了

6. Sound recordings, and audiovisual works associated with those sound recordings, distributed in compact disc format and protected by technological protection measures that control access to lawfully purchased works and create or exploit security flaws or vulnerabilities that compromise the security of personal computers, when circumvention is accomplished solely for the purpose of good faith testing, investigating, or correcting such security flaws or vulnerabilities.

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