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USCO Announces 10th Triennial Rulemaking Under DMCA Section 1201

US Federal Jun 23, 2026 Tracker lead

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Companies relying on Section 1201 exemptions from the prior triennial — particularly security research and software interoperability exemptions — must re-petition; they do not automatically carry forward. AI companies that want protection for training-data access need to file in this proceeding or operate without it.

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What the law is now

The US Copyright Office announced the start of the 10th Triennial Rulemaking Proceeding under Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 1201). The triennial rulemaking determines which classes of copyrighted works are exempt from the DMCA's anti-circumvention and anti-trafficking prohibitions for a three-year period.

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