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2015 DMCA Rulemaking

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) limits the circumvention of software that's designed to restrict access to copyrighted works. Unfortunately, such a blanket restriction can chill competition, free speech, and fair use. In an attempt to mitigate those harms, every three years the U.S. Copyright Office holds a rulemaking proceeding to consider exemptions to this rule.

EFF has participated in this rulemaking procedure in prior years, and has secured exemptions for device unlocking, jailbreaking, ripping videos for remix, and more. In the 2015 proceeding, we're requesting six exemptions in four separate categories: security research, as well as repairs and modifications, for cars; ripping of video from DVDs or BluRay disks, as well as online streaming services, for remixes; jailbreaking of phones and tables; and reconfiguration of video games that are no longer supported by their publisher.

Many other groups will be requesting exemptions, and we'll keep an updated list here.

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  May 1, 2015
  2015 Rulemaking EFF Reply Comment Class 17 [PDF]
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  May 1, 2015
  2015 Rulemaking EFF and OTW Reply Comment Class 7 [PDF]
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  May 1, 2015
  2015 Rulemaking EFF Reply Comment Class 23 [PDF]
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  May 1, 2015
  2015 Rulemaking EFF Reply Comment Class 21 [PDF]
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  May 1, 2015
  2015 Rulemaking EFF Reply Comment Class 16 [PDF]
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  May 1, 2015
  2015 Rulemaking EFF Reply Comment Class 22 [PDF]
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  February 6, 2015
  EFF Vehicle Repair Exemption Request [PDF]
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  February 6, 2015
  EFF and Organization for Transformative Works Remix Exemption Request [PDF]
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  February 6, 2015
  EFF Phone Jailbreaking Exemption Request [PDF]
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  February 6, 2015
  EFF Vehicle Security Exemption Request [PDF]
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  February 6, 2015
  EFF Gaming Exemption Request [PDF]
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  February 6, 2015
  EFF Device Jailbreaking Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  Consumers Union Mobile Device Unlocking Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  International Documentary Association, et al., UCI IP Arts and Technology Clinic DVD/BluRay Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  CCA Internet of Things Unlocking Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  EFF Jailbreaking Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  EFF Remix Streaming Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  AFB, ACB, and Samuelson-Glushko Clinic Ebooks Accessibility Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  Scrap Recycling Industries and Juelsgaard IP and Innovation Clinic Tablet Unlocking Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  CCA Mobile Hotspot Unlocking Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  LCA Movie Clips Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  EFF Car Security Research Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  Public Knowledge 3D Printing Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  Peter Decherney, et al., and Samuelson-Glushko Clinic Audiovisual Works Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  USC IP and Technology Law Clinic Agriculture Machinery Repair Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  CCA Wireless Handsets Unlocking Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  EFF Video Games Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  Matthew Green and Samuelson-Glushko Clinic Security Research Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  Authors Alliance and Bobette Buster, UCI and Samuelson-Glushko Clinic Multimedia Ebooks Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  CCA Tablet Unlocking Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  Bellovin, Blaze, Felten, Halderman, and Heninger Security Research Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  Organization of Transformative Works and EFF Remix DVD Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  Medical Device Research Coalition Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  Scrap Recycling Industries and Juelsgaard IP and Innovation Clinic Phone Unlocking Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  USC IP and Technology Law Clinic Agriculture Machinery Modification Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  LCA Literary Works Distributed Electronically Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  EFF Car Repair and Modification Exemption Request [PDF]
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  November 3, 2014
  Public Knowledge DVD Exemption Request [PDF]
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  October 31, 2014
  Conservancy and Tor Ekeland, P.C., "Smart TV" Exemption Request [PDF]

• July 21, 2015
  Jeep Hack Shows Why the DMCA Must Get Out of the Way of Vehicle Security Research
• May 15, 2015
  EFF and Gamers to Copyright Office: Multiplayer Matters (of course)
• April 29, 2015
  Help EFF Defend the Right to Tinker With Your Car
• April 23, 2015
  Calling all New Yorkers: Speak Up for Fair Repair
• April 8, 2015
  Videogame Publishers: No Preserving Abandoned Games, Even for Museums and Archives, Because All "Hacking" is Illegal
• April 3, 2015
  Automakers Say You Don’t Really Own Your Car
• February 11, 2015
  Big Brother Is Listening: Users Need the Ability To Teach Smart TVs New Lessons
• February 2, 2015
  Who Really Owns Your Drones?
• January 6, 2015
  Ford Tries to Shut Down Independent Repair Tool with Copyright
• November 7, 2014
  And The Games Play On: EFF Fights For Users' Rights to Play and Preserve Abandoned Video Games

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• February 9, 2015
  EFF Files Petitions to Protect Your Rights to Tinker, Repair, and Remix
• November 3, 2014
  EFF Fights for Common Sense, Again, in DMCA Rulemaking

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