FWIW, during this same round, the Software Freedom Law Center was attempting to push an exemption covering "personal computing devices" (which I submitted supporting comments for, along with these exemptions) and failed (largely due to claims that the arguments were too speculative, and seemed quite hurt by Microsoft announcing a $99 "sign your own OS" option).
"The Register additionally observed that granting an exemption for such a sweeping class would be without precedent in the history of Section 1201 rulemakings."
One of the specific issues with relation to these classes is that they be narrowly defined so that it can be fully understood; I was at the hearing in LA when one of the people on the panel seemed almost angry, asking whether the "tablet" class applied to "e-readers", such as a Kindle he personally owned (and seemed to feel would benefit from not having such an exemption).
"The Register additionally observed that granting an exemption for such a sweeping class would be without precedent in the history of Section 1201 rulemakings."
One of the specific issues with relation to these classes is that they be narrowly defined so that it can be fully understood; I was at the hearing in LA when one of the people on the panel seemed almost angry, asking whether the "tablet" class applied to "e-readers", such as a Kindle he personally owned (and seemed to feel would benefit from not having such an exemption).