FW: COMMENTS ON PROHIBITION OF CIRCUMVENTION

["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

FYI...

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From: U.S. Copyright Office NewsNet on behalf of Copyright News
Sent: Tue 10/4/2005 7:40 AM
To: USCOPYRIGHT@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: U.S. Copyright Office, NewsNet Issue 276



-------------Federal Register-----------------

COPYRIGHT OFFICE REQUESTS COMMENTS ON POSSIBLE ADVERSE
EFFECTS ON USERS FROM PROHIBITION ON CIRCUMVENTION (70 FR
57526)

The Copyright Office is preparing to conduct proceedings in accordance with
section 1201(a)(1) of title 17 U.S.C., which was added by the Digital
Millennium
Copyright Act. This section provides that the Librarian of Congress may
exempt
certain classes of works from the prohibition against circumvention of
technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. The purpose
of
this rulemaking proceeding is 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 due to the prohibition of circumvention.

The Copyright Office requests written comments from all interested parties,
including representatives of copyright owners, educational institutions,
libraries
and archives, scholars, researchers, and members of the public, to elicit
evidence on whether noninfringing uses of certain classes of works are, or
are
likely to be, adversely affected by this prohibition on the circumvention of
measures that control access to copyrighted works. Written comments are due
by December 1, 2005. Reply comments are due by February 2, 2006.

Although the Copyright Office will accept comments delivered by hand or by
the
U.S. Postal Service, it prefers that comments be submitted through its
website,
which will contain a submission page at
<a href="http://copyright.gov/1201/comment_forms ">
http://copyright.gov/1201/comment_forms </a>
that will be activated approximately 30 days prior to each applicable
deadline.

For further information, go to the Copyright Office website at
<a href="http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/2005/70fr57526.html";>
http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/2005/70fr57526.html </a>