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U.S. Copyright Office
NewsNet
March 3, 2000
Issue 80
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For additional information, visit the Copyright Office homepage at
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CONTENTS
* News *
Rulemaking on Exemptions from Prohibition on Circumvention of
Technological Measures that Control Access to Copyrighted Works
Comments Now on Web
* Calendar *
* To Subscribe/Unsubscribe to NewsNet *
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* NEWS *
RULEMAKING ON EXEMPTIONS FROM PROHIBITION ON
CIRCUMVENTION OF TECHNOLOGICAL MEASURES THAT
CONTROL ACCESS TO COPYRIGHTED WORKS--COMMENTS
NOW ON WEB
Initial written comments in this rulemaking were due February
17,
2000. The Office received 235 comments. All 235 comments are now
available at http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/1201/comments/ for
viewing
and downloading. Copies of comments are also now available for
inspection and copying at the Copyright Office. Please note that two
additional comments (#234 and #235) were added to the site on
February
29, 2000, after being found to be in compliance with all Office
deadlines
and requirements.
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* CALENDAR *
March 20: Due date for reply comments on exemption to
prohibition on
circumvention of copyright protection systems for access control
technologies (65 FR 6573)
March 21: Due date for comments on Copyright Office proposed
rulemaking on regulations governing information on in-process claims
given to the public for litigation purposes (65 FR 3404)
April 6: Due date for comments on petitions to adjust the cable
statutory license royalty rates (65 FR 10564)
April 6: Due date for receipt in Copyright Office of Notices of
Intent to
Participate in adjustment of cable statutory license royalty rate
proceeding
(65 FR 10564)
April 10: Beginning of 30-day negotiation period on adjustment
of cable
statutory license royalty rates (65 FR 10564)
April 11: Due date for comments on rulemaking to determine the
scope
and application of the definition of a network station under the
cable
statutory license (65 FR 6946)
May 10: End of 30-day negotiation period on adjustment of cable
statutory license royalty rates (65 FR 10564)
May 11: Due date for reply comments on rulemaking to determine
the
scope and application of the definition of a network station under
the cable
statutory license (65 FR 6946)
May 11: Written notification of status of settlement
negotiations due in
Copyright Office (65 FR 10564)
July 1: Initiation of 60-day period to file petitions for an
arbitration
proceeding to set the rates and terms for compulsory licenses under
17
U.S.C. 112(e) and 114(f) for the 2-year period beginning Jan. 1, 2001
(65
FR 2194)
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