REPLY COMMENTS OF THE MUSEUM OF ART AND DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT Item A. Commenter Information Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment Represented by Alex Handy Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic 3400 Broadway Univ. of California, Berkeley, School of Law Oakland, CA 94611 Rob Walker (510) 282-4840 Brookes Degen
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[email protected] The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment (the “MADE”) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Oakland, California dedicated to the preservation of video game history. The MADE supports the technical preservation of video games, presents exhibitions concerning historically significant games, and hosts lectures, tournaments, and community events. The MADE has personal knowledge and experience regarding this exemption through past participation in the sixth tri- ennial rulemaking relating to access controls on video games. The MADE is represented by the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at the Univer- sity of California, Berkeley, School of Law (“Samuelson Clinic”). The Samuelson Clinic is the lead- ing clinical program in technology and public interest law, dedicated to training law and graduate students in public interest work on emerging technologies, privacy, intellectual property, free speech, and other information policy issues. ITEM B. PROPOSED CLASS ADDRESSED Proposed Class 8: Computer Programs—Video Game Preservation ITEM C. OVERVIEW 1. Introduction From 1912 to