[Ecommerce] US Copyright Office RFC re DMCA

[Manon Ress]

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COPYRIGHT OFFICE REQUESTS COMMENTS ON POSSIBLE ADVERSE
EFFECTS ON USERS FROM PROHIBITION ON CIRCUMVENTION (70 FR
57526)

The Copyright Office is preparing to conduct proceedings in
accordance with
section 1201(a)(1) of title 17 U.S.C., which was added by the Digital
Millennium
Copyright Act. This section provides that the Librarian of Congress
may exempt
certain classes of works from the prohibition against circumvention of
technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. The
purpose of
this rulemaking proceeding is to determine whether there are
particular classes
of works as to which users are, or are likely to be, adversely
affected in their
ability to make noninfringing uses due to the prohibition of
circumvention.

The Copyright Office requests written comments from all interested
parties,
including representatives of copyright owners, educational
institutions, libraries
and archives, scholars, researchers, and members of the public, to
elicit
evidence on whether noninfringing uses of certain classes of works
are, or are
likely to be, adversely affected by this prohibition on the
circumvention of
measures that control access to copyrighted works. Written comments
are due
by December 1, 2005. Reply comments are due by February 2, 2006.

Although the Copyright Office will accept comments delivered by hand
or by the
U.S. Postal Service, it prefers that comments be submitted through
its website,
which will contain a submission page at
<a href="http://copyright.gov/1201/comment_forms ">
http://copyright.gov/1201/comment_forms </a>
that will be activated approximately 30 days prior to each applicable
deadline.

For further information, go to the Copyright Office website at
<a href="http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/2005/70fr57526.html">
http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/2005/70fr57526.html </a>

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* CALENDAR *

December 1: Due date for comments on 1201(a)(1) rulemaking (70 FR 57526)

February 2, 2006: Due date for reply comments on 1201(a)(1)
rulemaking (70 FR
57526)

March 29 and 31, and April 3 and 4, 2006: Tentative dates for
Washington, D.C.,
hearings on 1201(a)(1) rulemaking (70 FR 57526)


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Manon Anne Ress
manon.ress@cptech.org,
www.cptech.org

Consumer Project on Technology
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