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Issue 302 -December 6, 2006  

Copyright Office and Library Of Congress Issue Notice of Public Roundtable with Request for Comments

The Section 108 Study Group announces a public roundtable discussion on certain issues relating to the exceptions and limitations applicable to libraries and archives under the Copyright Act, and seeks written comments on these issues. The January 31, 2007, public roundtable discussion in Chicago, Illinois, will focus on the issues identified in this notice. These issues relate primarily to making and distributing copies pursuant to requests by individual users, as well as to provisions of user access to unlicensed digital works. Requests to participate from all interested parties on the issues described in this notice are due by January 12, 2007. Written comments will be accepted from 8:30 a.m. EST February 1, 2007, through 5:00 p.m. EST on March 9, 2007. (Read further information.)

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Through early 2007 Copyright Office Public Information Office temporarily relocated to room LM-430 in James Madison Memorial Building
December 4—8 Copyright Card Catalog and Copyright Records Room closed to the public
December 7—8 Licensing Public Records Office closed to the public
December 11 Opening day of the new Copyright Office public Records Reading Room in room LM-402 of the James Madison Memorial Building
December 18 New deadline for reply comments to Notice of Inquiry regarding copyright issues associated with the secondary retransmission of digital television broadcast signals by cable operators under section 111 of the Copyright Act (more)
January 12, 2007 Due date for requests to participate in Section 108 Study Group roundtable discussion in Chicago, Illinois, on January 31, 2007 (more)
January 31 Section 108 Study Group roundtable discussion in Chicago, Illinois (more)
February 1 First day written comments to Section 108 Study Group on copyright exceptions for libraries and archives will be accepted (more)
March 9 Due date for written comments to Section 108 Study Group on copyright exceptions for libraries and archives (more)
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