U.S. Copyright Office
NewsNet
December 11, 2001
Issue 140
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CONTENTS
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Federal Register
Copyright Office Announces Correction in Interim
Regulations (66 FR 63920)
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COPYRIGHT OFFICE ANNOUNCES CORRECTION IN INTERIM REGULATIONS
(66 FR 63920)
On December 4, 2001, the Copyright Office published in the
Federal Register an interim regulation addressing the effect
of a general disruption or suspension of postal or other
transportation or communications services on the Office's
receipt of deposits, applications, fees, or any other
materials, and the assignment of a date of receipt to such
materials. This document makes a nonsubstantive correction
to that interim regulation. The change is as follows: On
page 62944, in the third column, redesignate paragraphs
(f)(i) through (iv) as paragraphs (f)(1) through (4).
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* CALENDAR *
December 11: Effective date of correction to interim
regulations (66 FR 63920)
December 20: Due date for Notices of Intent to Participate
and comments on consolidation of rate adjustment proceeding
to determine reasonable rates and terms for the public
performance of sound recordings by new subscription services
with a similar proceeding for preexisting satellite digital
audio radio services and preexisting subscription services
(66 FR 58180)
December 20: Due date for comments on consolidation of 1998
Phase I distribution proceeding with Phase I distribution
proceeding for the 1999 cable royalty funds (66 FR 58179)
January 1, 2002: Effective date of cost of living adjustment
in the royalty rates paid by colleges, universities, or
other nonprofit educational institutions that are not
affiliated with National Public Radio for the use of
copyrighted published nondramatic musical compositions (66
FR 59698)
January 3, 2002: Due date for comments on interim
regulations on disruption or suspension of postal or other
transportation or communications services. (66 FR 62942)
January 22, 2002: Due date for reply comments on
consolidation of rate adjustment proceeding to determine
reasonable rates and terms for the public performance of
sound recordings by new subscription services with a similar
proceeding for preexisting satellite digital audio radio
services and preexisting subscription services (66 FR 58180)
February 20, 2002: Close of arbitration proceeding to set
the rates and terms for the digital public performance of
sound recordings license as it pertains to webcasters under
17 U.S.C. 114 and for the making of ephemeral copies in
furtherance of a digital public performance under 17 U.S.C.
112 (66 FR 38324)
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