Public
Hearings on Anticircumvention Rulemaking
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress
will be holding public hearings in its rulemaking on the possible
exemptions to the prohibition against circumvention of technological
measures that control access to copyrighted works. In accordance
with the Copyright Act, as amended by the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act, the Office is conducting its triennial rulemaking proceeding
pursuant to 17 U.S.C. section 1201 to determine whether there are
particular “classes of works” as to which users are,
or are likely to be, adversely affected in their ability to make
noninfringing uses if they are prohibited from circumventing such
technological measures.
Public hearings will be held in Washington,
D.C., on Friday, April 11, 2003; on Tuesday, April 15, 2003; on
Wednesday, April 30, 2003; and on Friday, May 2, 2003. The hearings
will begin at 9:30 a.m. For locations, see the Federal
Register notice announcing the hearings.
Public hearings will also be held in California
in May at a time and location to announced later. Requests to testify
at the Washington, D.C., hearings must be received by 5:00 p.m.
EST on April 1, 2003. For further information on the hearings and
on the requirements for the requests to testify, see the Copyright
Office website.
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