U.S. Copyright Office
NewsNet
February 12, 2002
Issue 149
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CONTENTS
* News *
Federal Register
Copyright Office Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(67 FR 5761)
Copyright Office
Office Receives and Posts Initial Comments
* Calendar *
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* NEWS *
--------------Federal Register---------------
COPYRIGHT OFFICE ISSUES NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING (67 FR
5761)
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress has issued a
notice of proposed rulemaking on the requirements for giving
sound recording copyright owners reasonable notice of the
use of their works in connection with the section 114
statutory license for certain digital transmissions of
public performances of sound recordings, and on the
requirements for how records of such use will be kept and
made available to copyright owners. The Digital Performance
Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995 and the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act enacted in 1998 require the Office
to adopt these regulations. Comments are due by March 11.
Reply comments are due by April 8. (67 FR 5761)
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/copyright/fedreg/2002/67fr5761.html">
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/fedreg/2002/67fr5761.html </a>
--------------Copyright Office---------------
OFFICE RECEIVES AND POSTS INITIAL COMMENTS
The Copyright Office has received the initial comments in
response to its notice of inquiry on the effect of the
October 9, 2001, agreement among the Recording Industry of
America Inc. (RIAA), the National Music Publishers
Association(NMPA), and The Harry Fox Agency (HFA) Inc. on
the Office's inquiry regarding incidental digital
phonorecord deliveries and the application of 17 U.S.C.
115 to "limited downloads" and "on-demand streams." The
comments have been posted on the Copyright Office website at
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/copyright/carp/dpd/comments.html">
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/carp/dpd/comments.html </a>
Reply comments must be filed no later than February 27,
2002.
The notice of inquiry relating to the RIAA/NMPA/HFA
Agreement may be found at
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/copyright/fedreg/2001/66fr64783.html">
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/fedreg/2001/66fr64783.html </a>
The notice initiating the Office's inquiry involving section
115 may be found at
<a href=http://www.loc.gov/copyright/fedreg/2001/66fr14099.html">
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/fedreg/2001/66fr14099.html </a>
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* CALENDAR *
February 20: 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)
February 27: Due date for additional reply comments on the
effect of the RIAA/NMPA/HFA agreement on the issues
identified in the March 9, 2001, Notice of Inquiry (66 FR
64783)
February 28: Due date for filing claims to 2001 DART royalty
funds. Electronically filed claims must be received on the
Office's server by 11:59 p.m. EST. Claims filed by facsimile
transmission must be received by 5:00 p.m. EST. Claims filed
by mail must be postmarked by this date. Claims filed by
hand delivery must be received by 5:00 p.m. EST. (67 FR
5213)
March 4: Presentation in Los Angeles of "The Copyright
Office Comes to California." For further information and to
register, go to www.calbar.org/ipsection/02copyright.htm.
March 6: Presentation in San Francisco of "The Copyright
Office Comes to California." For further information and to
register, go to www.calbar.org/ipsection/02copyright.htm.
March 11: Due date for comments on notice of proposed
rulemaking on the requirements for giving copyright owners
reasonable notice of the use of their works for sound
recordings under statutory license and the requirements for
how records of such use shall be kept and made available to
copyright owners (67 FR 5761)
April 8: Due date for reply comments on notice of proposed
rulemaking on the requirements for giving copyright owners
reasonable notice of the use of their works for sound
recordings under statutory license and the requirements for
how records of such use shall be kept and made available to
copyright owners (67 FR 5761)
April 25-26: "Beyond the DMCA: A Copyright Conference" in
Washington, D.C.
July 1: Beginning of 60-day period when, in the absence of a
license agreement, a party with a significant interest in
establishing reasonable terms and rates for certain
statutory licenses may file a petition to initiate a rate
setting proceeding (67 FR 4472)
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