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Funny you should mention the DMCA. The Library of Congress is uniquely empowered by the DMCA to grant exceptions to it. So if there are any cases where the law
by chongli 5y ago
Funny you should mention the DMCA. The Library of Congress is uniquely empowered by the DMCA to grant exceptions to it. So if there are any cases where the law is deemed to be a barrier to this effort then the LOC can grant themselves and their colleagues an exemption.
- kragen 5y agoThe Librarian of Congress has the opportunity to grant such exemptions in a rulemaking once every three years, which then expire if they are not renewed, which makes them a risky basis on which to base a product; probably the LoC would have to develop the software themselves, which isn't really a strong competency of theirs, instead of relying on outside help. It isn't the kind of thing where a summer intern can ask permission to break a DRM scheme for archival purposes and then be successfully preserving material the next week.