[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 64 (Monday, April 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 19246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07550]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

 Copyright Office

[Docket No. 2015-7]


Section 512 Study: Extension of Time To Submit Requests To 
Participate in Roundtable

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

ACTION: Extension of time to submit requests to participate in 
roundtable.

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SUMMARY: The United States Copyright Office is extending the deadline 
for the submission of requests to participate in the section 512 
roundtables in New York and California, which were announced in its 
March 18, 2016 Notice of Inquiry. See 81 FR 14896.

DATES: Requests to participate in the section 512 roundtables are now 
due no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on April 11, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Those who seek to participate in the section 512 roundtables 
should complete and submit the form available through the Copyright 
Office's Web site at http://www.copyright.gov/policy/section512/public-roundtable/participate-request.html. If electronic submission of such a 
request is not feasible, please contact the Office using the contact 
information below for special instructions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline C. Charlesworth, General 
Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights, [email protected]; or 
Karyn Temple Claggett, Director of the Office of Policy and 
International Affairs and Associate Register of Copyrights, 
[email protected]. Each can be reached by telephone at (202) 707-8350.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Copyright Office is 
undertaking a public study to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of 
the DMCA safe harbor provisions contained in section 512 of Title 17. 
On March 18, 2016, the Office issued a Notice of Inquiry announcing two 
two-day public roundtables in New York, New York on May 2 and 3, 2016, 
and Stanford, California on May 12 and 13, 2016.
    The roundtables will offer an opportunity for interested parties to 
comment further on the issues raised in the Office's December 31, 2015 
Notice of Inquiry regarding section 512. See 80 FR 81862. Additional 
information about the specific topics to be covered at the roundtables 
is available at http://www.copyright.gov/policy/section512/public-roundtable/participate-request.html. To ensure that those interested in 
participating in the section 512 roundtables have sufficient time to 
submit a request, the Office is extending the deadline for such 
requests to April 11, 2016, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.

    Dated: March 29, 2016.
Maria A. Pallante,
Register of Copyrights, U.S. Copyright Office.
[FR Doc. 2016-07550 Filed 4-1-16; 8:45 am]
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