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             Copyright Office Corrects 
              Notification of Request 
            Voluntary Negotiation Period, 
              Precontroversy Discovery Schedule, and Request for Notices of Intent 
              to Participate Announced   
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          | Calendar | 
         
         
         
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             April 5 
            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 
            Due date for Notices of Intent to Participate in 
              voluntary negotiation period for the 17 U.S.C. 118 noncommerical 
              educational broadcasting compulsory license. 
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             April 25-26 
            "Beyond the DMCA: A Copyright Conference" 
              in Washington, D.C.  
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             April 26 
             Due date for reply 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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             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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             October 7 
            Initiation date should arbitration proceedings be 
              necessary in adjustment of rates and terms for noncommercial educational 
              broadcasting compulsory license. 
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      Copyright Office Corrects Notification of Request
      The Copyright Office published a notification from 
        the Authors Rights Restoration Corporation that it was requesting a retraction 
        of all its filings in the Copyright Office of Notices of Intent to Enforce 
        restored copyrights under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. The notice 
        was published in the Federal Register on December 3, 2001 (66 FR 60223). 
        The Copyright Office now announces nonsubstantial corrections to the table 
        of titles published in that notice. (read 
        details) 
      
      Voluntary Negotiation Period, Precontroversy 
        Discovery Schedule, and Request for Notices of Intent to Participate Announced 
      
      The Copyright Office announces a voluntary negotiation 
        period for the 17 U.S.C. 118 noncommercial educational broadcasting compulsory 
        license, together with a precontroversy discovery schedule, a request 
        for Notices of Intent to Participate, and the initiation date should arbitration 
        proceedings be necessary. Notices of Intent to Participate are due on 
        or before April 25. (read 
        details) 
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            Alternative Methods for Filing Claims to 2001 DART Royalty Funds 2/5/02 | 
         
         
           
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