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U.S. Copyright Office
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November 18, 1998
Issue 26
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CONTENTS

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Federal Register
    Notice of Request for Information: Promotion of Distance Education
Through Digital Technologies

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

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Copyright Office homepage at http://www.copyright.gov.

NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: PROMOTION OF DISTANCE
EDUCATION THROUGH DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES (63 FR 63749)
As required by Section 403 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
enacted October 28, 1998, the Copyright Office is initiating its study
on how to promote distance education through digital technologies. The
purpose of the study is to make recommendations to the Congress. The
Copyright Office is now establishing parameters for its study of the
issues. Through this preliminary notice, the Office seeks to identify
all interested parties and determine what matters those parties deem
relevant and important. The Office anticipates the possibility of
consultations and public meetings as well as the submission of formal
statements. At this time, the Copyright Office is soliciting only the
identification of any and all potentially interested parties and an
identification of the issues with which they may be concerned. Comments
are due by December 7, 1998.


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* CALENDAR *

November 23, 1998: Deadline for filing comments on the specialty station
list published in the Federal Register on Oct. 23, 1998

December 7, 1998 Deadline for submission of comments on the study of the
promotion of distance education through digital technologies.


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