News about the Location and Webcast of the Roundtable in the Rulemaking on Notice of Recordkeeping for Use of Sound Recordings under Statutory License; Reply Comments Available on Copyright Office Website

The location of the public roundtable discussion concerning issues raised in the course of an ongoing rulemaking proceeding to adopt requirements for giving copyright owners reasonable notice of the use of their works for sound recordings under the section 114 and section 112 statutory licenses and for how records of such use will be kept and made available to copyright owners has been changed. The May 10 roundtable will now be held in the Mumford Room (LM-649) in the James Madison Memorial Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20559. The discussion will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 5 p.m. Seating is limited.

TVWorldwide.com, in cooperation with the International Webcasting Association, will be webcasting the roundtable discussion. Although the Copyright Office is not officially sponsoring this webcast, we are pleased that it will be made available to viewers on the Internet.

Please note that reply comments have been posted on the Copyright Office Website.