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News Bulletins from the U.S. Copyright Office
September 4, 2001   Issue 129
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In This Issue
Office Extends Filing Date for Comments on Proposed Regulations Governing RIAA Collective
Calendar

September 19

Due date for comments on proposed regulations that will govern the RIAA collective when it functions as the designated agent under provisions of 17 U.S.C. 114 (read details)

September 27

Due date for comments on proposed amendments to regulations governing content and service of certain notices on the copyright owner of a musical work (read details)

January 28, 2002

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 (read details)


Office Extends Filing Date for Comments on Proposed Regulations Governing RIAA Collective

In response to a request by The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada and The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the Copyright Office is extending the period to file comments to proposed regulations that will govern the RIAA collective when it functions as the designated agent receiving royalty payments and statements of accounts from nonexempt,subscription digital transmission services that make digital transmissions of sound recordings under the provisions of section 114 of the Copyright Act. (See NewsNet 126, 66 FR 38226.) The new date for comments and Notices of Intent to Participate in a Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel Proceeding is September 19, 2001. Parties who have previously filed comments may supplement those comments or withdraw those comments and resubmit them in accordance with the extended deadline for filing comments. (read details)

 

 
Past Issues
Office Issues Digital Millennium Copyright Act Impact Report 8/28/01

Office Proposes Amendments to Regulations Governing Content and Service of Certain Notices on the Copyright Owner of a Musical Work 8/28/01

Copyright Office Announces Initiation of and Schedule for Arbitration Proceeding for Digital Performance Rights in Sound Recordings and Ephemeral Recordings
7/24/01

Copyright Office Requests Comment On Proposed Regulations Governing Section 114 Designated Agent
7/24/01

Revised Copyright Act Available Online
7/24/01


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