NewsNet
News Bulletins from the U.S. Copyright Office
March 18, 2003   Issue 191
subscribe or unsubscribe to email version     
In This Issue

Public Hearings on Anticircumvention Rulemaking

Press Releases

Read press releases issued by the U.S. Copyright Office.

Calendar

March 20

Due date for comments on the effectiveness of the Vessel Hull Design Protection Act and for notices of intent to participate in the public hearing on March 27 (read details)

March 27

Date of public hearing on effectiveness of the Vessel Hull Design Protection Act

April 11, April 15, April 30, May 2

Dates of public hearings in Washington, D.C., on possible exemptions to the prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works

April 14

Due date for reply comments on the effectiveness of the Vessel Hull Design Protection Act and for notices of intent to participate in the public hearing on March 27


Submit comments or suggestions

Public Hearings on Anticircumvention Rulemaking

The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress will be holding public hearings in its rulemaking on the possible exemptions to the prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. In accordance with the Copyright Act, as amended by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Office is conducting its triennial rulemaking proceeding pursuant to 17 U.S.C. section 1201 to determine whether there are particular “classes of works” as to which users are, or are likely to be, adversely affected in their ability to make noninfringing uses if they are prohibited from circumventing such technological measures.

Public hearings will be held in Washington, D.C., on Friday, April 11, 2003; on Tuesday, April 15, 2003; on Wednesday, April 30, 2003; and on Friday, May 2, 2003. The hearings will begin at 9:30 a.m. For locations, see the Federal Register notice announcing the hearings.

Public hearings will also be held in California in May at a time and location to announced later. Requests to testify at the Washington, D.C., hearings must be received by 5:00 p.m. EST on April 1, 2003. For further information on the hearings and on the requirements for the requests to testify, see the Copyright Office website.

Past Issues
Reply Comments in Section 1201 Rulemaking Proceeding 3/3/03

Copyright Office and Patent and Trademark Office Announce Public Hearing and Request Comments 2/13/03

"The Copyright Office Comes to California" 2/10/03

Copyright Office Accepts Late-Filed Comment in 1201 Rulemaking 2/5/03

Copyright Office Requests Comment on Proposed Rates and Terms for the Use of Sound Recordings by Preexisting Subscription Services 1/30/03

Appointment of Associate Register for Policy and International Affairs 1/27/03

Supreme Court Upholds Copyright Term Extension 1/15/03


More Issues . . .