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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi Kevin,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I am very excited to see this posted (and just as I am about to meet with the lawyers here to canvass similar issues)!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Presumably responses to this are currently restricted to US users?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Melanie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kevin Driscoll<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 12 November 2020 5:38 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> members <members@sigcis.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [SIGCIS-Members] Help expand access to historical software<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'm writing on behalf of the Cyberlaw Clinic at Harvard Law School and the Software Preservation Network (SPN) to request your help seeking an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that will expand off-site, on-line access
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<p class="MsoNormal">A key outcome of this work will be to allow researchers to run old software in a browser or emulator without the need to physically travel to the collection.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To realize this goal, the Cyberlaw Clinic is seeking stories from SIGCIS members about the value of this sort of off-site access for our research and teaching.
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<p class="MsoNormal">For more details on the proposed exemption, see this one-page explainer:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-rrqwg9qDHgT9PYixmgLM64foCrpY4bM/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-rrqwg9qDHgT9PYixmgLM64foCrpY4bM/view?usp=sharing</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Instructions for participation are included below. I hope that you will consider sharing your stories and experiences. The potential benefit to future scholars is tremendous.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kevin Driscoll<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">U of Virginia<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Harvard Law School’s Cyberlaw Clinic is working with the Software Preservation Network to win new copyright regulations that would expand access to software in library
collections. Specifically, we are asking the Copyright Office to expand exemptions relating to §1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). You can read more about how the DMCA affects software
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wE6s8cpJoaKJNJ9dJYw33nx4y-AFO5iTOo_ef71Sfo4/edit?pli=1" title="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wE6s8cpJoaKJNJ9dJYw33nx4y-AFO5iTOo_ef71Sfo4/edit?pli=1">
here</a> and learn about the rules already in place from <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-rrqwg9qDHgT9PYixmgLM64foCrpY4bM/view?usp=sharing" title="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-rrqwg9qDHgT9PYixmgLM64foCrpY4bM/view?usp=sharing">this explainer</a>. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">We want your feedback about copyright and software access issues! </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">In
2018, our clinic successfully petitioned for a DMCA exemption that permits DRM circumvention and access “on the premises” of archives, libraries, and museums. This year, we are trying to expand this language so that archives, libraries, and museums can also
facilitate <b>off-site</b> access to DRM protected programs.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The stories and experiences of your community are critical to the success of our proposal. To this end, we need your help. Given the nature of SIGCIS members' work,
we wanted to reach out to ask if you have been facing issues with off-site access to software recently and would be interested in a broader exemption. If that is the case, we'd love to hear from you.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Our team is happy to record your story on the phone, via email -- whatever is easiest for you. If you are interested in contributing to this project via email, please
reach out via email to <a href="mailto:ateitler.jd22@hlsclinics.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">ateitler.jd22@hlsclinics.org</span></a> with responses to the below survey. We look forward to (hopefully) hearing from you soon!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">***</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">Experiential Survey</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">Name:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">Institution (if applicable):</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">Email Address:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">Software titles affected:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">Is this software still commercially available?</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">How do off-site restrictions prevent or discourage preservation/teaching/research?</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">How has your work been impacted by these regulations?</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">Has </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">COVID impacted your access to materials? </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">Is there any additional information you would like to provide? (e.g. relevant links, screenshots, additional information about the software, other institutions you know of that
have been similarly restricted, etc.)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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