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Issue
301 -November 22, 2006 |
Classes of Works Subject to Exemption from Prohibition against Circumvention
Announced
The Librarian of Congress, on the recommendation of the Register of Copyrights,
has announced the classes of works subject to the exemption from
the prohibition in 17 U.S.C. section 1201(a)(1) against circumvention
of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works.
Persons making noninfringing uses of six classes of works will
not be subject to the prohibition against circumventing access
controls during the next three years. The regulatory text, the
recommendation of the Register of Copyrights, and the statement
of the Librarian of Congress may be found on the Copyright Office website.
The regulation should be published in the Federal
Register on Monday, November
27, 2006.
Copyright Office Extends Deadline for Reply Comments to Section 111 Notice
of Inquiry
The Copyright Office is extending the time in which reply comments can
be filed in response to its Notice of Inquiry regarding the retransmission
of digital television broadcast signals by cable operators under
section 111 of the Copyright Act. The deadline has been extended by 14 days,
and is now December 18, 2006. (Read further
information.)
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Through early
2007 |
Copyright Office Public Information Office
temporarily relocated to room LM-430 in James Madison Memorial
Building |
December 4—8 |
Copyright Card Catalog and Copyright Records Room
closed to the public |
December 7 —8 |
Licensing Public Records Office closed to the public |
December 11 |
Opening day of the new Copyright Office public Records
Reading Room in room LM-402 of the James Madison Memorial Building |
December 18 |
New deadline for reply comments to Notice of Inquiry
regarding copyright issues associated with the secondary
retransmission of digital television broadcast signals by cable operators
under section 111 of the Copyright Act (more) |
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