[Ecommerce] Copyright Office RFC re Section 111

[Manon Ress]

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COPYRIGHT OFFICE SEEKS COMMENTS ON ISSUES RELATED TO THE
RETRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL BROADCAST SIGNALS BY CABLE OPERATORS UNDER
SECTION 111 OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT  (71 FR 54948)

The Copyright Office is seeking comments on several issues associated
with the secondary transmission of digital television broadcast
signals by cable operators under section 111 of the Copyright Act.
The Office is initiating this Notice of Inquiry to address matters
raised in the Copyright Owners' Petition for Rulemaking regarding the
simultaneous retransmission of digital and analog broadcast signals
as well as the secondary retransmission of multiple
streams of digital broadcast content. The Notice of Inquiry also
seeks comment on cable operator marketing and sales practices and
equipment issues associated with the retransmission of digital
broadcast signals that may result in possible changes to the
Copyright Office's existing rules and the cable statements of account
forms. The Copyright Owners' petition and attachments may be viewed
on the Copyright Office website at

<a href="http://www.copyright.gov/docs/cable/digitalsignals.pdf">
http://www.copyright.gov/docs/cable/digitalsignals.pdf </a>

<a href="http://www.copyright.gov/docs/cable/digitalsignals-
attachments.pdf">
http://www.copyright.gov/docs/cable/digitalsignals-attachments.pdf </a>

Written comments are due November 6. Reply comments are due
December 4. For further information, go to the Copyright
Office website at

<a href="http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/2006/71fr54948.html">
http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/2006/71fr54948.html </a>



November 6: Due date for comments on copyright issues associated with
the secondary transmission of digital television broadcast signals by
cable operators (71 FR 54948)

December 4: Due date for reply comments on copyright issues
associated with the secondary transmission of digital television
broadcast signals by cable operators (71 FR 54948)

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

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