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U.S. Copyright Office
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January 19, 1999
Issue 34
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CONTENTS

* News *

Federal Register
  Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panels; Rules and Regulations

* Calendar *

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Copyright Office homepage at http://www.copyright.gov.

COPYRIGHT ARBITRATION ROYALTY PANELS; RULES
AND REGULATIONS
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is extending the comment
period on proposed amendments to the regulations governing the conduct
of royalty distribution and rate adjustment proceedings prescribed by
the Copyright Royalty Tribunal Reform Act of 1993. The original due date
for comments was January 19 (63 FR 70080). Comments will now be due in
early March. Check the Federal Register for the precise date.

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* CALENDAR *

January 25, 1999: Demonstration of distance education programs using
digital technologies at Library of Congress (63 FR 71167)

January 25, 1999: Comments due on mechanical and digital phonorecord
delivery rate adjustment proceeding (63 FR 71249)

January 26-27, 1999: Hearing in Washington, DC, on promotion of distance
education through digital technologies. Summaries of testimony due 10
days prior to date of hearing. (63 FR 71167)

February 5, 1999: Comments due on promotion of distance education
through digital technologies (63 FR 71167)

February 10, 1999: Hearing in Los Angeles, CA, on promotion of distance
education through digital technologies. Summaries of testimony due 10
days prior to date of hearing. (63 FR 71167)

February 12, 1999: Hearing in Chicago, IL, on promotion of distance
education through digital technologies. Summaries of testimony due 10
days prior to date of hearing. (63 FR 71167)

February 15, 1999: Comments due on interim regulations on requirements
by which a copyright owner or its agent may provide notice to libraries
and archives that a published work in the final 20 years of its extended
term of copyright is subject to normal commercial exploitation or that a
copy or phonorecord of the work can be obtained at a reasonable price
(63 FR 71785)

February 16, 1999: Reply comments due on the proposed amendments to the
regulations governing royalty distribution and rate adjustment
proceedings prescribed by the Copyright Royalty Tribunal Reform Act of
1993 (63 FR 70080)

February 24, 1999: Reply comments due on promotion of distance education
through digital technologies (63 FR 71167)

April 1, 1999: Reply comments due on interim regulations on requirements
by which a copyright owner or its agent may provide notice to libraries
and archives that a published work in the final 20 years of its extended
term of copyright is subject to normal commercial exploitation or that a
copy or phonorecord of the work can be obtained at a reasonable price
(63 FR 71785)


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