[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 44871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18096]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

 Copyright Office

[Docket No. 2014-03]


Music Licensing Study

AGENCY: U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The United States Copyright Office is extending the deadline 
for public comments regarding the effectiveness of existing methods of 
licensing music that were solicited in a July 23, 2014 Notice of 
Inquiry. See 79 FR 42833 (July 23, 2014).

DATES: Written comments are now due on or before September 12, 2014.

ADDRESSES: All comments shall be submitted electronically. A comment 
page containing a comment form is posted on the Office Web site at 
http://www.copyright.gov/docs/musiclicensingstudy. The Web site 
interface requires commenting parties to complete a form specifying 
their name and organization, as applicable, and to upload comments as 
an attachment via a browser button. To meet accessibility standards, 
commenting parties must upload comments in a single file not to exceed 
six megabytes (MB) in one of the following formats: The Portable 
Document File (PDF) format that contains searchable, accessible text 
(not an image); Microsoft Word; WordPerfect; Rich Text Format (RTF); or 
ASCII text file format (not a scanned document). The form and face of 
the comments must include both the name of the submitter and 
organization. The Office will post the comments publicly on the 
Office's Web site in the form that they are received, along with 
associated names and organizations. If electronic submission of 
comments is not feasible, please contact the Office at 202-707-8350 for 
special instructions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline C. Charlesworth, General 
Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights, by email at 
[email protected] or by telephone at 202-707-8350; or Sarang V. 
Damle, Special Advisor to the General Counsel, by email at [email protected] 
or by telephone at 202-707-8350.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The U.S. Copyright Office is conducting a study to assess the 
effectiveness of current methods for licensing sound recordings and 
musical works. The Office received written comments responding to an 
initial Notice of Inquiry, and held three public roundtables in 
Nashville, Los Angeles and New York. See 78 FR 13739 (Mar. 17, 2014); 
79 FR 25626 (May 5, 2014).
    On July 23, 2014, the Office published a second Notice of Inquiry, 
seeking additional written comments on ten subjects concerning the 
music licensing environment. 79 FR 42833. To ensure commenters have 
sufficient time to address the topics set forth in the July 2014 Notice 
of Inquiry, the Office is extending the time for filing written 
comments from August 22, 2014 to September 12, 2014.

    Dated: July 28, 2014.
Maria A. Pallante,
Register of Copyrights.
[FR Doc. 2014-18096 Filed 7-31-14; 8:45 am]
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