http://www.copyright.gov/1201/index.html

What do you make of it?

I'm wondering about this bit

That is is not sold without the copyright holder's concent.

Make money on someone else's work will always be copyright infringement, unless you have permission.

Very interesting, at least the way it sounds, looks promising perhaps. Although I'm not a lawyer.

It is legal to bypass copy protections of "old" games for preservation purposes if you don't violate other laws.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tom Henrik @ Dec 3 2006, 02:03 PM) [snapback]269982[/snapback]</div>But the problem is that copyright infringement doesn't have to mean making money out of it, it can just as well be sharing like AB do. I believe that in the eyes of the law (in this case, the US law), making games available for download without the permission from the copyright holder, is infringement, unless what we read here would mean that we have a three year period of bliss coming.

No! It's only about bypassing copy protections. It only refers to "our main business".

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mighty Midget @ Dec 3 2006, 02:40 PM) [snapback]269990[/snapback]</div>If what you are stating is true, then I don't really understand what would constitute as a non-infringing use of that rule... Do you have an example?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Kosta @ Dec 3 2006, 04:47 PM) [snapback]270032[/snapback]</div>If what you are stating is true, then I don't really understand what would constitute as a non-infringing use of that rule... Do you have an example?
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No, and that seemingly contradiction is what confuses me.