Reply Comment on Anticircumvention Rulemaking--Kupferschmid

February 20, 2003David O. CarsonGeneral CounselCopyright GC/I&RP.O. Box 70400Southwest StationWashington, D.C. 22024-0400Re: SIIA Reply Comments Filed Pursuant to Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry Relating to Section 1201(a)(1) Dear Mr. Carson: The Software & Information Industry Association (“SIIA”) appreciates the opportunity to respond to the 51 public comments filed pursuant to the Notice of Inquiry published in the Federal Register dated October 4, 2002. SIIA files the following reply comments on behalf of itself and its members. SIIA is the principal trade association of the software and information industry and represents over 600 high-tech companies that develop and market software and electronic content for business, education, consumers, the Internet, and entertainment. SIIA members represent a wide range of business and consumer interests. In particular, numerous SIIA members: • Create and develop new and valuable access-control technologies for use by others seeking to protect their copyrighted software and content with such technologies, • Use access-control technologies to protect their proprietary software and content, and • Purchase or license software and information products and other content and services that utilize access-control technologies. Consequently, SIIA and our members are extremely interested in issues relating to the protection and use of access-control technologies and the relationship between ...