Proposed Rule2023-14133
Exemptions To Permit Circumvention of Access Controls on Copyrighted Works: Notice and Request for Public Comment
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Published
July 5, 2023
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Abstract
The United States Copyright Office is extending the deadline for written petitions for new exemptions in connection with the ninth triennial rulemaking proceeding under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act from the original deadline identified in the Office's June 8, 2023 notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 5, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 42891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14133]
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Office
37 CFR Part 201
[Docket No. 2023-5]
Exemptions To Permit Circumvention of Access Controls on
Copyrighted Works: Notice and Request for Public Comment
AGENCY: U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
ACTION: Notice of inquiry; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The United States Copyright Office is extending the deadline
for written petitions for new exemptions in connection with the ninth
triennial rulemaking proceeding under the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act from the original deadline identified in the Office's June 8, 2023
notice.
DATES: Written petitions for new exemptions must be received no later
than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on August 25, 2023. All other deadlines
imposed in the June 8, 2023 notice remain unchanged.
ADDRESSES: Written petitions proposing new exemptions must be completed
using the form provided on the Office's website at <a href="https://www.copyright.gov/1201/2024/new-petition.pdf">https://www.copyright.gov/1201/2024/new-petition.pdf</a>. All petitions are to be
submitted electronically through <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a>. Specific instructions
for submitting petitions are available on the Copyright Office website
at <a href="https://www.copyright.gov/1201/2024">https://www.copyright.gov/1201/2024</a>. If electronic submission is not
feasible, please contact the Office using the contact information below
for special instructions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rhea Efthimiadis, Assistant to the
General Counsel, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4d20282b390d2e223d343f242a2539632a223b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="036e66657743606c737a716a646b772d646c75">[email protected]</span></a> or by telephone at 202-
707-8350.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 8, 2023, the U.S. Copyright Office
issued a notice of inquiry initiating the ninth triennial rulemaking
proceeding under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to consider
possible temporary exemptions to the prohibition against circumvention
of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works.\1\
Among other things, the notice solicited proposals for new exemptions
to the prohibition against circumvention and set a deadline of August
11, 2023.
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\1\ 88 FR 37486 (June 8, 2023).
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To ensure that members of the public, including those represented
by law school clinics, have sufficient time to submit written petitions
for new exemptions, and to ensure that the Office has the benefit of a
complete record, the Office is extending the deadline for the
submission of written petitions for new exemptions to 11:59 p.m.
Eastern Time on August 25, 2023. All other deadlines imposed in the
June 8, 2023 notice of inquiry remain unchanged.
Dated: June 28, 2023.
Suzanne V. Wilson,
General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights.
[FR Doc. 2023-14133 Filed 7-3-23; 8:45 am]
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