I would just say don't get your hopes up. Any change would still require Congressional approval which seems unlikely to me.
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Linda Tadic <lindata...@optonline.net> wrote: > Hi all, > > Does anyone have an update on the Section 1201 anti-circumvention rule? It > was set to expire on October 27, but was extended for an indefinite time > while the Register of Copyrights compiles her recommendations. The Federal > Register notice says the extension should take "a few weeks," but it's > been almost 3 months. http://www.copyright.gov/1201/ Is there any sense > on > which way the wind will blow? > > Thanks, > > Linda Tadic > Audiovisual Archive Network > lindata...@optonline.net > lta...@archivenetwork.org > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues > relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, > preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and > related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective > working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication > between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and > distributors. > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
