U.S. Copyright Office
NewsNet
March 12, 2001
Issue 117
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CONTENTS
* News *
Copyright Office
Register of Copyrights to Testify before Senate
Committee on the Judiciary
Technical Corrections Bill Passes Senate
* Calendar *
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* NEWS *
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REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS TO TESTIFY BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE ON
THE JUDICIARY
Register of Copyrights Marybeth Peters will be among the
witnesses testifying before the Senate Committee on the
Judiciary on March 13 at 10 a.m. in Room 226 of the Dirksen
Building on Capitol Hill. The subject of the hearing will be
"Promoting Technology and Education: Turbocharging the
School Buses on the Information Highway." Her testimony will
be available on the Copyright Office Website on Tuesday,
March 13.
For the complete text of the Register's testimony, visit the
Copyright Office Website at
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/copyright/statements.html">
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/statements.html </a>
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS BILL PASSES SENATE
S.320 contains technical corrections to Title 17, as well
as to the Patent and Trademark laws. It will correct
punctuation and spelling errors, and eliminate section
numbering errors in Title 17. These corrections were
proposed last year in H.R. 5106, but the session ended
before action could be taken on that legislation. S.320 has
passed the Senate and was favorably reported by the House
Judiciary Committee on March 8, with minor amendments to the
Patent and Trademark portions of the bill. It is expected to
pass the House soon, and will then have to be re-approved by
the Senate in light of the House amendments.
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* CALENDAR *
March 13: Register of Copyrights testifies before Senate
Committee on the Judiciary
April 16: Close of 180-day arbitration period for Phase II
distribution of the 1997 cable royalty funds for the
syndicated programming category (65 FR 65335)
April 23: Due date for comments on interpretation and
application of the mechanical and digital phonorecord
compulsory license to certain digital music services (66 FR
14099)
May 23: Due date for reply comments on interpretation and
application of the mechanical and digital phonorecord
compulsory license to certain digital music services (66 FR
14099)
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