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U.S. Copyright Office
NewsNet
June 5, 2000
Issue 92
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CONTENTS
* News *
Federal Register
Comments Invited on Effects of Title 1 DMCA Amendments
and Electronic Commerce on Sections 109 and 117 of Title 17
(65 FR 35673)
* Calendar *
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COMMENTS INVITED ON EFFECTS OF TITLE 1 DMCA AMENDMENTS AND
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ON SECTIONS 109 AND 117 OF TITLE 17 (65
FR 35673)
The United States Copyright Office and the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration invite
interested parties to submit comments on the effects of the
amendments made by title 1 of the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) and the development of electronic
commerce on the operation of sections 109 and 117 of title
17, United States Code, and the relationship between
existing and emerging technology and the operation of such
sections.
Section 104 of the DMCA directs the Register of
Copyrights and the Assistant Secretary for Communications
and Information of the Department of Commerce to submit to
the Congress no later than 24 months after the date of
enactment a report evaluating the effects of the amendments
made by title 1 of the Act and the development of electronic
commerce and associated technology on the operation of
sections 109 and 117 of title 17, United States Code, and
the relationship between existing and emerging technology
and the operation of those sections. The Federal Register
notice is intended to solicit comments from interested
parties.
Comments may be sent via email, in written form, or on
diskette. See Federal Register announcement for acceptable
file formats. Comments are due Aug. 4. Reply comments are
due Sept. 5.
For the complete text of Federal Register announcements,
visit the Copyright Office Website at
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/copyright">
http://www.loc.gov/copyright </a>
or the Government Printing Office Website at
<a href="http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html">
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html </a>
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* CALENDAR *
June 19: Due date for comments on regulations for group
registration of published photographs (65 FR 26162)
June 22: Due date for written comments on request for
rulemaking on definition of a "Service" (65 FR 33266)
June 23: Post-hearing comments due on exemption to
prohibition on circumvention of copyright protection systems
for access control technologies (1201(1)(a) rulemaking) (65
FR 6573; 65 FR 14505)
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)
July 7: Due date for reply comments on request for
rulemaking on definition of a "Service" (65 FR 33266)
August 4: Due date for comments on effects of title 1 DMCA
amendments and electronic commerce on sections 109 and 117
of title 17 (65 FR 35673)
September 5: Due date for reply comments on effects of title
1 DMCA amendments and electronic commerce on sections 109
and 117 of title 17 (65 FR 35673)
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