U.S. Copyright Office NewsNet Issue 190

["Neal Pomea" <npomea@xxxxxxxx>]

 U.S. Copyright Office
 NewsNet
 March 3, 2003
 Issue 190 
  
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 CONTENTS 
  
 * News *
  
 Copyright Office
  
      Reply Comments in Section 1201 Rulemaking Proceeding
 Posted on Copyright Office Website
  
 * Calendar * 
  
 * To Subscribe/Unsubscribe to NewsNet * 
  
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 * NEWS * 
  
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 REPLY COMMENTS IN SECTION 1201 RULEMAKING PROCEEDING POSTED
 ON COPYRIGHT OFFICE WEBSITE
  
 Reply comments in the triennial rulemaking proceeding on
 exemptions from the prohibition on circumvention of
 technological measures that control access to copyrighted
 works are now available on the Copyright Office website.
 These comments represent the second round of comments and
 are from persons who oppose or support any exemptions
 proposed in the initial comments. The reply comments respond
 to the proposals made in the initial comments and address
 whether a proposed exemption should or should not be
 adopted. To view both rounds of comments and additional
 information on the section 1201 rulemaking proceeding, go to 
 <a href=" http://www.copyright.gov/1201/";> Reply Comments</a>
  
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 * CALENDAR * 
  
 March 3: Due date for comments and Notices of Intent to
 Participate regarding proposed regulations that set rates
 and terms for the use of sound recordings by preexisting
 subscription services for the period January 1, 2002,
 through December 31, 2007 (68 FR 4744)
  
 March 3 and 5: "The Copyright Office Comes to California"
 presented first in Santa Monica and next in San Francisco
  
 March 5: Final date for reply comments on the proposed
 regulation governing termination of post-1977 transfers and
 licenses under 17 U.S.C. section 203 (67 FR 77951)
  
 March 10 at 5 p.m. E.S.T.: Final date to submit comments on
 Static Control Inc.'s petition to consider a newly proposed
 class of works to be exempted from the prohibition on
 circumvention of technological measures that control access
 to copyrighted works as part of a pending rulemaking
 pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act 
  
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Neal Pomea
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University of Maryland University College
3501 University Blvd. East
Adelphi, MD 20783

Phone: 301-985-7579 or 1-800-283-6832, ext. 7209
Fax:   301-985-7870
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