[Coco] Copyright???

[Theodore Evans (Alex)]

On Jan 22, 2004, at 2:55 PM, clifford redding wrote:

> The following is just a little excerpt from the following link.
> Seems the DMCA not only screws consumers, it screws everyone!
>  
> Correct me if I'm reading this wrong, but it seems that the CoCo no 
> longer has
> a copyright. Nor the programs that were written for it.
>  
> /excerpt
> Source http://www.copyright.gov/1201/
> On October 28, 2003, the Librarian of Congress, on the recommendation 
> of the
> Register of Copyrights, announced the classes of works subject to the
> exemption from the prohibition against circumvention of technological
> measures that control access to copyrighted works. The four classes of 
> works
> exempted are:
> 3. Computer programs and video games distributed in formats that have 
> become
> obsolete and which require the original media or hardware as a 
> condition of
> access. 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
> These exemptions will remain in effect through October 27, 2006.
> /endecerpt

This doesn't affect the state of the copyright at all.  It means that 
you are permitted to make legitimate copies (i.e. backups) of CoCo 
software even if you have to circumvent copy protection measures in 
order to do so.