On Oct 29, 2012, at 2:17 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Jon Callas < email@hidden> wrote:
On Oct 27, 2012, at 12:03 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
I find it interesting we don't have exemptions for Security Testing
and Evaluation (ST&E)....
There is already exemptions for security testing in the DMCA proper.
Forgive my ignorance (and bad citation). I only see where the
exception is granted for Video Games
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act#Title_IV:_Miscellaneous_Provisions).
I believe you have extensive experience where Computer Science meets
Law. Could you provide a reference?
That's because you're reading Wikipedia. :-)
The section you're looking at is the Title IV exemptions that the Librarian of Congress has given to the DMCA, not the DMCA itself. That's like looking at the amendments to the Constitution, not the Constitution itself.
There's a link for the law itself in the article, but it's hard to find and here's the shortcut:
Look for section 1201, which is the anti-circumvention provisions.
There are a number of exemptions that follow. That version of it is very badly formatted and there are not even page numbers, but search for the major exemptions:
(f) REVERSE ENGINEERING.
(g) ENCRYPTION RESEARCH.
(i) PROTECTION
OF
PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION.
(j) SECURITY TESTING.
(j) is the one you want in specific. (i) is
entertaining, because it lets you break spyware among other things. (g) is also mostly relevant, and I include (f) because most people don't realize that there are exemptions for that, but it is there for making compatible equipment.
Jon
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