[Ecommerce] FYI Anticircumvention hearing May 1, 2, and 9 (replacing April cancelled hearings)l

[Manon Anne Ress]

Starts today at 2pm.

Notice of Public Hearings: Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of 
Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies

The hearings that were scheduled to take place on April 15 and 30 have 
been cancelled. Instead there will now be an afternoon hearing on May 1, 
a full day of hearings on May 2, and a hearing on May 9. The May 
hearings in D.C. will all be held at the Postal Rate Commission, 1333 H 
Street, NW., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. (For more information, see 
the Federal Register Notice announcing these new hearing dates.)
http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/2003/68fr19966.html

Agenda:
http://www.copyright.gov/1201/2003/hearings/schedule.html

Today:   May 1
2:00 p.m.
Exemption for literary works/eBooks for persons with disabilities
Janina Sajka, American Foundation for the Blind
Jonathan Band, American Association of Law Libraries, ALA, ARL, MLA, and 
the SLA
Robert Bolick, McGraw-Hill
Allan Adler, Association of American Publishers

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Manon Anne Ress
Consumer Project on Technology
www.cptech.org
PO Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036
manon.ress@cptech.org, voice: 1.202.387.8030, fax: 1.202.234.5176