[A2k] RFComments re the WBU WIPO proposal U.S. Copyright Office, NewsNet Issue 363

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=09Issue 363 - March 30, 2009
Copyright Office and USPTO Seek Comment and Announce Public Meeting on
Facilitating Access to Copyrighted Works

The Copyright Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO) seek comment on the topic of facilitating access to
copyrighted works for =93blind or persons with other disabilities=94 in
connection with a forthcoming meeting of the Standing Committee on
Copyright and Related Rights of the World Intellectual Property
Organization. Interested parties are invited to submit comments on the
topics outlined in the supplementary information section of the
Federal Register notice. Comments are due April 21, 2009. Reply
comments are due May 4, 2009. The Copyright Office and USPTO also
announce a public meeting on the same topic. The public meeting will
take place May 18, 2009, at the Library of Congress in Washington,
D.C. The process for submitting requests to attend and observe, or to
participate in, the meeting, as well as the agenda, will be published
on the Copyright Office website at www.copyright.gov no later than
April 8, 2009. (Read further information.)



April 3

Deadline to submit requests to testify in public hearings on possible
exemptions to prohibition against circumvention of technological
measures that control access to copyrighted works

April 21
Deadline for comments on facilitating access to copyrighted works for
the blind or persons with other disabilities

May 1

Public hearing in Palo Alto, California, on possible exemptions to
prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that
control access to copyrighted works

May 4

Due date for reply comments on facilitating access to copyrighted
works for the blind or persons with other disabilities

May 6, 7, 8

Public hearings in Washington, D.C., on possible exemptions to
prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that
control access to copyrighted works

May 18
Public meeting in Washington, D.C., on facilitating access to
copyrighted works for the blind or persons with other disabilities

U.S. Copyright Office
101 Independence Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20559-6000
(202) 707-3000






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