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                Issue 255 -March
                  30, 2005   | 
               
             
			             
		      
			Copyright Office Announces Posting of Initial Comments Received in
			Orphan Works Study
			The Copyright Office announces that initial comments received in the Office's
			  study of issues related to "orphan works" have been posted on the Office's
			  website. (Read comments.) 
			 The
			  comments have been received in response to the Notice of Inquiry
			  published in the Federal Register (70
			  FR 3739) on January 26, 2005.
			  The deadline for initial comments was 5:00 p.m. EST on March 25,
			  2005. Parties who wish to submit reply comments should follow the
			  instructions set forth in the Notice of Inquiry. The deadline for
			  reply comments is 5:00 p.m. EDT on May 9, 2005. (Read  further
			  information.) 
			
			  	          
                    
            
			 
			
				
				  | Apr. 14  | 
				  Due date for comments on proposed amendments to rules
				    governing reports of use of sound recordings under the statutory
				    license for preexisting subscription services (html)			       | 
			   
				
                  | Apr. 25  | 
                  End of voluntary negotiation period under
                    17 U.S.C. 119 and due date for voluntary agreements (html) | 
			   
				
                  | Apr. 29 | 
                  Due date for comments on the petition
                    and Notices of Intent to Participate in cable rate adjustment
                    (html) | 
			   
				
                  | May 4  | 
                  Beginning of 30-day negotiation period
                    in cable rate adjustment (html) | 
			   
				
                  | May 9  | 
                  Due date for reply comments on orphan
                    works issues (html)  | 
			   
				
                  | June 3 | 
                  End of 30-day negotiation period in cable
                    rate adjustment (html) | 
			   
				
                  | June 6  | 
                  Due date for written notification of status
                    of settlement negotiations in cable rate adjustment (html) | 
			   
			 
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