[Fwd: U.S. Copyright Office, NewsNet Issue 264]

["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

FYI...

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U.S. Copyright Office
NewsNet

July 6, 2005
Issue 264

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ORPHAN WORKS ROUNDTABLES: INFORMATION ON GENERAL TOPIC AREAS AND
PARTICIPATION

The Copyright Office will hold public roundtable discussions regarding
orphan works in Washington, D.C., on July 26-27, and in Berkeley,
California, on August 2.  The Office has identified several general
topic areas for discussion during the roundtables, and has organized a
preliminary agenda according to these issue areas.  Persons wishing to
participate in the roundtables must submit a request to participate to
the Copyright Office by 5:00 p.m., E.D.T. on  July 15, 2005. REQUESTS TO
PARTICIPATE MUST CONTAIN CERTAIN INFORMATION, AND MUST BE SUBMITTED
ACCORDING TO INSTRUCTIONS SPECIFIED BY THE OFFICE.  Further information
on the topic areas and the preliminary agenda and on how to submit a
request to participate is contained in a Notice to be published in the
Federal Register on July 7, 2005, but is also now available on the
Office's orphan works webpage as well, at www.copyright.gov/orphan
<http://www.copyright.gov/orphan>.