DRM can now legally fuck off (USA)

Seems to me like the important question has been answered.

Maybe I read a different article, but the majority of that article is about the right to repair hardware and the DRM preventing that. There is a clause about being able to play a video game if an authentication server is taken offline so if Origin disappears overnight we can modify the software to play the offline aspects of the games we own, but only if the authentication software is taken offline. That doesn't seem to be a strike against DRM, just that they don't have the right to remove our use of a piece of software by removing the authentication of it.

The PDF of the exemption is linked in the article. It's 85 pages long and starts:

37 CFR Part 201
[Docket No. 2017-10]
Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies

It's worth reading the recommendation with justification for video games that starts on page 55, Section 8. Both the proponent's and opponent's arguments are summarized. General software is in the previous section, worth reading for context, since the video game section is explicitly separated for its unique characteristics. The exemptions for games are generally broader than the exemptions for general software.

The Determination of the Library of Congress, the actual exemption for video games -- which btw, only applies for three years, as these rules are reviewed every 3 years -- starts on page 81, and is copied below in it's entirety. Note that only 12(i)(A) applies to everyone, for personal use. 12(i)(B ), (ii) and (iii) are for eligible institutions, like public libraries, only.

(12)(i) Video games in the form of computer programs embodied in physical or
downloaded formats that have been lawfully acquired as complete games, when the
copyright owner or its authorized representative has ceased to provide access to an
external computer server necessary to facilitate an authentication process to enable
gameplay, solely for the purpose of:
(A) Permitting access to the video game to allow copying and modification of the
computer program to restore access to the game for personal, local gameplay on a
personal computer or video game console; or
(B ) Permitting access to the video game to allow copying and modification of the
computer program to restore access to the game on a personal computer or video game
console when necessary to allow preservation of the game in a playable form by an
eligible library, archives, or museum, where such activities are carried out without any
purpose of direct or indirect commercial advantage and the video game is not distributed
or made available outside of the physical premises of the eligible library, archives, or
museum.
(ii) Video games in the form of computer programs embodied in physical or downloaded
formats that have been lawfully acquired as complete games, that do not require access to
an external computer server for gameplay, and that are no longer reasonably available in
the commercial marketplace, solely for the purpose of preservation of the game in a
playable form by an eligible library, archives, or museum, where such activities are
carried out without any purpose of direct or indirect commercial advantage and the video
game is not distributed or made available outside of the physical premises of the eligible
library, archives, or museum.
(iii) Computer programs used to operate video game consoles solely to the extent
necessary for an eligible library, archives, or museum to engage in the preservation
activities described in paragraph (B )(12)(i)(B ) or (B )(12)(ii) of this section.
(iv) For purposes of this paragraph (B )(12), the following definitions shall apply:
(A) For purposes of paragraph (B )(12)(i)(A) and (B )(12)(ii) of this section, “complete
games” means video games that can be played by users without accessing or reproducing
copyrightable content stored or previously stored on an external computer server.
(B ) For purposes of paragraph (B )(12)(i)(B ) of this section, “complete games” means
video games that meet the definition in paragraph (B )(12)(iv)(A) of this section, or that
consist of both a copy of a game intended for a personal computer or video game console
and a copy of the game’s code that was stored or previously stored on an external
computer server.
(C) “Ceased to provide access” means that the copyright owner or its authorized
representative has either issued an affirmative statement indicating that external server
support for the video game has ended and such support is in fact no longer available or,
alternatively, server support has been discontinued for a period of at least six months;
provided, however, that server support has not since been restored.
(D) “Local gameplay” means gameplay conducted on a personal computer or video game
console, or locally connected personal computers or consoles, and not through an online
service or facility.
(E) A library, archives, or museum is considered “eligible” when the collections of the
library, archives, or museum are open to the public and/or are routinely made available to
researchers who are not affiliated with the library, archives, or museum.

But that happening is very unlikely. Orign/steam/uplay and gog likely have failsafes for that.