On 4/22/98, Bob Schwartz <shebam[_at_]access.digex.net> wrote:
>
> You think the Treaty is difficult. I am still waiting for any
> understanding of section 1201(b)(2)(B) as contained in the implementing
> legislation, H.R. 2281, which has been approved by the House Judiciary
> Committee:
>
> "(B) a technological protection measure 'effectively protects a right
> of a copyright owner' under this title if the measure, in the ordinary
> course of its operation, prevents, restricts, or otherwise limits the
> exercise of a right of a copyright owner under this title."
>
> Any takers?
I'm not sure which part of this paragraph eludes you, or whether all of it does, but I must confess that I originally was confused by it when I first read it. So, I will assume, possibly erroneously, that the same thing that confused me confused you, the last part. How about if we change the paragraph to read as follows:
a technological protection measure 'effectively protects a right of a copyright owner' under this title if the measure, in the ordinary course of its operation, prevents, restricts, or otherwise limits copying, preparing derivative works, distributing, etc.
Does that make it more understandable? In other words, the copyright owner has put in a measure that in some fashion prevents someone else from doing anything with the work that only the copyright owner has the exclusive right to do, and that someone else can't try to get around that measure.
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