Reply Comment on Anticircumvention Rulemaking--Metalitz and Schwartz

UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT OFFICE Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies Docket No. RM 2002-4 JOINT REPLY COMMENTS of AFMA (formerly AMERICAN FILM MARKETING ASSOCIATION) AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS, AND PUBLISHERS (ASCAP) Y OF MEDIA PHOTOGRAPHERS (ASMP) ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PUBLISHERS (AAP) ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PRESSES (AAUP) THE AUTHORS GUILD, INC. BROADCAST MUSIC, INC. (BMI) BUSINESS SOFTWARE ALLIANCE (BSA) DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA (DGA) INTERACTIVE DIGITAL SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION (IDSA) MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (MPAA) NATIONAL MUSIC PUBLISHERS’ ASSOCIATION (NMPA) PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS OF AMERICA (PPA) RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (RIAA) SCREEN ACTORS GUILD (SAG) SESAC, INC. WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, WEST (WGAW) Of Counsel: Steven J. Metalitz Eric J. Schwartz February 20, 2003 Smith & Metalitz LLP 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 825 Washington, DC 20006-4637 USA Tel: (202) 833-4198; Fax: (202) 872-0546 Email: metalitz@smimetlaw.com Joint Reply Comments Page 2 INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW OF JOINT REPLY COMMENTS The undersigned organizations, representing copyright owners and creators, and most of the U.S. copyright industries, appreciate this opportunity to submit reply comments in this 1proceeding. This is the second in the triennial series of rulemaking proceedings that Congress ...