U.S. Copyright Office
Library of Congress

Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies

Submission of Comments

Comments responding to the Proposed Classes of Works are due by 5:00 pm E.S.T. on February 10, 2012. All comments submitted electronically must be submitted as an attachment, and must be in a single file in either Adobe Portable Document File (PDF) format that contains searchable, accessible text (not an image); Microsoft Word; WordPerfect; Rich Text Format (RTF); or ASCII text file format (not a scanned document). The maximum file size is 6 megabytes (MB).The name of the submitter and organization should appear on both the form and the face of the comments. Commenters should use the browse button on the form below to attach the comment file to the form and then to submit the completed form to the Copyright Office.

The Copyright Office intends to post all comments from this proceeding on the Copyright Office website. For comments submitted electronically, the name and organization of the commenter from the comment form will be posted together with the entire attached comment document. Other information from the comment form will not be posted, but note that if the same information is included in the attached document it will be available on the Copyright Office website as part of the attachment.

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Submitter Information
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  Comment number(s) of proposed classes of works to which you are responding:
 
   
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Comment submission:
Preferred format: text saved as PDF (.pdf). Other permissible formats: Microsoft Word (.doc), WordPerfect (.wpd), Rich Text (.rtf) or ASCII text (.txt). Written comments must follow the format described in the Notice of Inquiry.

Before submitting your comment attachment, verify that your reply comment attachment:

  • Includes the reply commenter's name;

  • Includes an identification of a particular class of works to which the reply comment is responsive;

  • Numbers each particular class of works being addressed in the reply comment;

  • Provides a summary of the argument for each class addressed; and

  • Provides particular factual support or legal argument for each class of works opposed or supported in the reply comment.

 
 
 

Clicking "submit" will file your claim with the U.S. Copyright Office. The next screen will display a printable page showing the complete information you entered. You will also receive an email copy of your submission.