Proposed Rule2022-25447
Termination Rights and the Music Modernization Act's Blanket License
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Published
November 22, 2022
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Abstract
The U.S. Copyright Office is extending the deadline for the submission of written comments in response to its October 25, 2022 notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the applicability of the derivative works exception to termination rights under the Copyright Act to the statutory mechanical blanket license established under the Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 22, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 71286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25447]
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Office
37 CFR Part 210
[Docket No. 2022-5]
Termination Rights and the Music Modernization Act's Blanket
License
AGENCY: U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Copyright Office is extending the deadline for the
submission of written comments in response to its October 25, 2022
notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the applicability of the
derivative works exception to termination rights under the Copyright
Act to the statutory mechanical blanket license established under the
Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act.
DATES: The comment periods for the notice of proposed rulemaking
published October 25, 2022, at 87 FR 64405, are extended. Written
comments must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on
December 1, 2022. Written reply comments must be received no later than
11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on January 5, 2023.
ADDRESSES: For reasons of governmental efficiency, the Copyright Office
is using the <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a> system for the submission and posting of
public comments in this proceeding. All comments are therefore to be
submitted electronically through <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a>. Specific instructions
for submitting comments are available on the Copyright Office's website
at <a href="https://copyright.gov/rulemaking/mma-termination">https://copyright.gov/rulemaking/mma-termination</a>. If electronic
submission of comments is not feasible due to lack of access to a
computer or the internet, please contact the Copyright Office using the
contact information below for special instructions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Megan Efthimiadis, Assistant to the
General Counsel, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2b464e4d5f6b48445b5259424c435f054c445d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="610c04071521020e111813080609154f060e17">[email protected]</span></a> or telephone at 202-
707-8350.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 25, 2022 the Office issued a
notice of proposed rulemaking seeking public comments regarding the
applicability of the derivative works exception to termination rights
under the Copyright Act to the statutory mechanical blanket license
established under the Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization
Act. 87 FR 64405 (October 25, 2022).
In light of the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, to ensure that
members of the public have sufficient time to respond, and to ensure
that the Office has the benefit of a complete record, the Office is
extending the deadline for the submission of written comments to no
later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on December 1, 2022 and is extending
the deadline for the submission of written reply comments to no later
than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on January 5, 2023.
Dated: November 17, 2022.
Suzanne V. Wilson,
General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights.
[FR Doc. 2022-25447 Filed 11-21-22; 8:45 am]
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