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| DATE | 2003-03-21 |
| FROM | Ruben I Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] DMCA Comments
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Can anyone make sense of this for me?
http://www.copyright.gov/1201/
Rulemaking on Exemptions from Prohibition on Circumvention of
Technological Measures that Control Access to Copyrighted Works
Important Notice: The email address for submission of requests to
testify that was posted on the Copyright Office website prior to 11:00
a.m., E.S.T. on March 19, 2003, was inaccurate. The correct email
address is 1201-at-loc.gov and NOT 1201-at-nt3.loc.gov. Any requests that were
sent to 1201-at-nt3.loc.gov were not received, and anyone who sent such a
request must resubmit the request to the correct email address:
1201-at-loc.gov. The Copyright Office will send an email confirmation of
receipt of all email requests to testify that are received by the
Office.
New Development:
Hearings Scheduled
Section 1201(a)(1) title 17, United States Code
Federal Register Notice Seeking Written Comments
Comments
Petition by Static Control Components, Inc.
Federal Register Notice Seeking Comments on Petition
Reply Comments
Replies to Static Control Petition
Background
The Copyright Office is conducting the rulemaking proceeding mandated by
the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which 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 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 on circumvention of access controls. This page will
contain links to published documents in this proceeding.
The Notice of Inquiry in this second anticircumvention rulemaking
requests written comments from all interested parties, including
representatives of copyright owners, educational institutions, libraries
and archives, scholars, researchers and members of the public, in order
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. The initial round of comments (due December 18, 2002) is
restricted to comments proposing exemptions for specific classes of
works. Reply comments (due February 19) may be submitted in opposition
to or in further support of exemptions proposed in the initial comments.
Format Requirements
The format requirements of comments and reply comments differs from
those of the previous (2000) rulemaking. In the initial comment phase,
all initial comments must identify the particular class of works for
which an exemption is proposed, must follow this identification with a
summary of the argument, and must then provide the factual and legal
argument that supports this proposal of a particular class. For every
class proposed, this format of class/summary/facts/argument should be
sequentially followed. Every comment itself must also contain the name
of the commenter and affiliation, if the comment is submitted on behalf
of an organization. The Copyright Office prefers that all comments be
submitted through the Office?s website via the form page during the
dates specified below.
For all requirements and information on file formats, protection of
personal information, and other methods of submission, see the notice of
inquiry. Dates and Other Information
Written comments were due by December 18, 2002. Reply comments were due
by February 19, 2003 (extended to Feb. 20 due to snow closure). Hearings
The Copyright Office has scheduled hearings in this rulemaking in
Washington, D.C., on April 11, April 15, April 30, and May 2, 2003.
Hearings will also be conducted in California in May, on dates to be
announced soon.
(Read more information on hearings.) Prior (2000) Anticircumvention
Rulemaking
The entire record of the previous anticircumvention rulemaking is
available.
For additional background on the anticircumvention provisions generally
and the previous anticircumvention rulemaking proceeding, see 64 FR
66139 (1999).
For the recommendation of the Register of Copyrights and the
determination of the Librarian of Congress in the previous
anticircumvention rulemaking, see 65 FR 64555, October 27, 2000.
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