[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 145 (Wednesday, July 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 45248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18473]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

United States Copyright Office

[Docket No. 2015-3]


Extension of Comment Period; Mass Digitization Pilot Program; 
Request for Comments

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

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Copyright Office is extending the deadline for public 
comments that address topics listed in the Office's June 9, 2015 Notice 
of Inquiry regarding a mass digitization ``pilot program'' for certain 
copyrighted works.

DATES: Comments are now due no later than 5:00 p.m. EDT on October 9, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be submitted electronically. To submit 
comments, please visit http://copyright.gov/policy/massdigitization. 
The Web site interface requires submitters to complete a form 
specifying 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: A 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 all comments publicly on the 
Office's Web site exactly as they are received, along with names and 
organizations. If electronic submission of comments is not feasible, 
please contact the Office at 202-707-1027 for special instructions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Amer, Senior Counsel for Policy 
and International Affairs, by telephone at 202-707-1027 or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 4, 2015, the Copyright Office issued 
a report entitled Orphan Works and Mass Digitization, in which it 
recommended that Congress consider the implementation of a legal 
framework known as extended collective licensing to facilitate certain 
mass digitization activities.\1\ The Office recommended that such 
legislation initially take the form of a limited ``pilot program'' 
based on the general parameters described in the Office's report and 
developed through additional public outreach and discussion. On June 9, 
2015, the Office issued a Notice of Inquiry inviting public comment on 
several issues regarding the practical operation of such a system.\2\ 
To provide sufficient time for commenters to respond, the Office is 
extending the time for filing comments from August 10, 2015 to October 
9, 2015.
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    \1\ U.S. Copyright Office, Orphan Works and Mass Digitization: A 
Report of the Register of Copyrights (2015), available at http://copyright.gov/orphan/reports/orphan-works2015.pdf.
    \2\ Mass Digitization Pilot Program; Request for Comments, 80 FR 
32614 (June 9, 2015).

    Dated: July 23, 2015.
Karyn A. Temple Claggett,
Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of Policy and 
International Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2015-18473 Filed 7-28-15; 8:45 am]
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