Circumvention Public Hearings

["Neal Pomea" <npomea@xxxxxxxx>]

 U.S. Copyright Office
 NewsNet
 March 18, 2003
 Issue 191 
  
 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 at  
 <a href=" http://www.copyright.gov/1201/index.html#hearings>
Hearings</a> 
                                                             
  
 April 11, April 15, April 30, May 2: Dates of public
 hearings in Washington, D.C., on possible exemptions to the
 prohibition against circumvention of technological measures
 that control access to copyrighted works 
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Neal Pomea
Information and Library Services
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
npomea@xxxxxxxx