{"abstract":"This rule designates the classes of copyrighted works that the Librarian of Congress has determined shall be subject to exemption from the prohibition against circumvention of a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under title 17 of the U.S. Code. In title I of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Congress established that this prohibition against circumvention will become effective October 28, 2000. The same legislation directed the Register of Copyrights to conduct a rulemaking procedure and to make recommendations to the Librarian as to whether any classes of works should be subject to exemptions from the prohibition against circumvention. The exemptions set forth in this rule will be in effect until October 28, 2003.","action":"Final Rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"LIBRARY OF CONGRESS","name":"Library of Congress","id":277,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/library-of-congress","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/277","parent_id":null,"slug":"library-of-congress"},{"raw_name":"Copyright Office","name":"Copyright Office, Library of Congress","id":87,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/copyright-office-library-of-congress","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/87","parent_id":277,"slug":"copyright-office-library-of-congress"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2000/10/27/00-27714.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":201,"title":37}],"citation":"65 FR 64556","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"October 28, 2000.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. RM 99-7D"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"00-27714","effective_on":null,"end_page":64574,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2000/10/27/00-27714.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/10/27/00-27714/exemption-to-prohibition-on-circumvention-of-copyright-protection-systems-for-access-control","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/00-27714?publication_date=2000-10-27","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2000-10-27/00-27714/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":19,"page_views":{"count":210,"last_updated":"2026-08-25 10:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-10-27/pdf/00-27714.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2000-10-27","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2000/10/27/00-27714.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":64556,"subtype":null,"title":"Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies","toc_doc":"Circumvention of copyright protection systems for access control technologies; exemption to prohibition","toc_subject":"Digital Millennium Copyright Act:","topics":["Copyright"],"type":"Rule","volume":65}