The United States Copyright Office and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration invite interested parties to submit comments on the effects of the amendments made by title 1 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the development of electronic commerce on the operation of sections 109 and 117 of title 17, United States Code, and the relationship between existing and emerging technology and the operation of such sections.
Section 104 of the DMCA directs the Register of Copyrights and the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information of the Department of Commerce to submit to the Congress no later than 24 months after the date of enactment a report evaluating the effects of the amendments made by title 1 of the Act and the development of electronic commerce and associated technology on the operation of sections 109 and 117 of title 17, United States Code, and the relationship between existing and emerging technology and the operation of those sections. The Federal Register notice is intended to solicit comments from interested parties.
Comments may be sent via email, in written form, or on diskette. See Federal Register announcement for acceptable file formats. Comments are due Aug. 4. Reply comments are due Sept. 5.
For the complete text of Federal Register announcements, visit the Copyright Office Website at www.copyright.gov/fedreg.
June 19: Due date for comments on regulations for group registration of published photographs (65 FR 26162)
June 22: Due date for written comments on request for rulemaking on definition of a "Service" (65 FR 33266)
June 23: Post-hearing comments due on exemption to prohibition on circumvention of copyright protection systems for access control technologies (1201(1)(a) rulemaking) (65 FR 6573; 65 FR 14505)
July 1: Initiation of 60-day period to file petitions for an arbitration proceeding to set the rates and terms for compulsory licenses under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114(f) for the 2-year period beginning Jan. 1, 2001 (65 FR 2194)
July 7: Due date for reply comments on request for rulemaking on definition of a "Service" (65 FR 33266)
August 4: Due date for comments on effects of title 1 DMCA amendments and electronic commerce on sections 109 and 117 of title 17 (65 FR 35673)
September 5: Due date for reply comments on effects of title 1 DMCA amendments and electronic commerce on sections 109 and 117 of title 17 (65 FR 35673)
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