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Copyright Office Issues Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking
Office Receives and Posts Initial
Comments
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February 20
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)
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February 27
Due date for additional reply comments on the effect
of the RIAA/NMPA/HFA agreement on the issues identified in the March
9, 2001, Notice of Inquiry
(read details)
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February 28
Due date for filing claims to 2001 DART royalty funds. Electronically
filed claims must be received on the Office's server by 11:59 p.m.
EST. Claims filed by facsimile transmission must be received by
5:00 p.m. EST. Claims filed by mail must be postmarked by this date.
Claims filed by hand delivery must be received by 5:00 p.m. EST.
(read
details)
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March 4
Presentation in Los Angeles of "The Copyright
Office Comes to California."
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March 6
Presentation in San Francisco of "The
Copyright Office Comes to California."
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March 11
Due date for comments on notice of proposed
rulemaking on the requirements for giving copyright owners reasonable
notice of the use of their works for sound recordings under statutory
license and the requirements for how records of such use shall be
kept and made available to copyright owners (read
details)
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April 25-26
"Beyond the DMCA: A Copyright Conference"
in Washington, D.C.
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July 1
Beginning of 60-day period when, in the absence
of a license agreement, a party with a significant interest in establishing
reasonable terms and rates for certain statutory licenses may file
a petition to initiate a rate setting proceeding. (read
details)
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Copyright Office Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress
has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on the requirements for giving
sound recording copyright owners reasonable notice of the use of their
works in connection with the section 114 statutory license for certain
digital transmissions of public performances of sound recordings, and
on the requirements for how records of such use will be kept and made
available to copyright owners. The Digital Performance Right in Sound
Recordings Act of 1995 and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act enacted
in 1998 require the Office to adopt these regulations. Comments are due
by March 11. Reply comments are due by April 8. (read
details)
Office Receives and Posts Initial Comments
The Copyright Office has received the initial comments
in response to its notice of inquiry on the effect of the October 9, 2001,
agreement among the Recording Industry of America Inc. (RIAA), the National
Music Publishers Association(NMPA), and The Harry Fox Agency (HFA) Inc.
on the Office's inquiry regarding incidental digital phonorecord deliveries
and the application of 17 U.S.C. 115 to "limited downloads"
and "on-demand streams." The comments have been posted on the
Copyright Office website.
Reply comments must be filed no later than February
27, 2002.
Read the notice
of inquiry relating to the RIAA/NMPA/HFA Agreement.
Read the notice
initiating the Office's inquiry involving section 115.
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| Past
Issues |
| Alternative Methods for Filing Claims
to 2001 DART Royalty Funds 2/5/02 |
"The Copyright Office Comes to California" 2/5/02 |
Copyright Office Announces Published List of Eligible CARP Arbitrators
2/1/02 |
Voluntary Negotiation Period for Two Compulsory Licenses 1/30/02 |
Office Extends Comment Period 1/29/02 |
Beyond The DMCA: A Copyright Conference 1/28/02
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Office Requests Comments and Notices of Intention to Participate in
Section 119 Royalty Distribution Proceeding for 2000 1/23/02 |
Librarian of Congress Rejects Initial and Revised CARP Reports; Remands
Case 12/27/01 |
Correction in Interim Regulations 12/11/01 |
Copyright Office Adopts Interim Regulations Dealing with Disruption
of Postal Service 12/4/01 |
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