[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 21, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 3303-3304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00653]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Office

37 CFR Chapter II

[Docket No. 2019-7]


Online Publication

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

ACTION: Notification of inquiry; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Copyright Office is extending the deadline for the 
submission of written reply comments in response to its December 4, 
2019 notification of inquiry regarding online publication.

DATES: The comment period for the notification of inquiry published 
December 4, 2019, at 84 FR 66328, is extended. Written comments must be 
received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on March 19, 2020. 
Written reply comments must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. 
Eastern Time on April 16, 2020.

ADDRESSES: For reasons of government efficiency, the Copyright Office 
is using the regulations.gov system for the submission and posting of 
public comments in this proceeding. All comments are therefore to be 
submitted electronically through regulations.gov. Specific instructions 
for submitting comments are available on the Copyright Office's website 
at https://www.copyright.gov/rulemaking/online-publication/. If 
electronic submission of comments is not feasible due to lack of access 
to a computer and/or the internet, please contact the Office using the 
contact information below for special instructions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Regan A. Smith, General Counsel and 
Associate Register of Copyrights, by email at [email protected], 
Robert J. Kasunic, Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of 
Registration Policy and Practice, by email at [email protected], or 
Jordana Rubel, Associate General Counsel, by email at 
[email protected]. Each can be contacted by telephone by calling 
(202) 707-3000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 4, 2019, the U.S. Copyright 
Office issued a notification of inquiry (``NOI'') regarding online 
publication. 84 FR 66328 (Dec. 4, 2019). The Office solicited public 
comments on a broad range of issues concerning application of the 
statutory definition of publication to the online context.
    To ensure that members of the public have sufficient time to 
comment, and to ensure that the Office has the benefit of a complete 
record, the Office is extending the deadline for the submission of 
comments to no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on March 19, 2020. 
The Office is also extending the deadline for the submission of reply 
comments to no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on April 16, 2020.


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    Dated: January 13, 2020.
Regan A. Smith,
General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights.
[FR Doc. 2020-00653 Filed 1-17-20; 8:45 am]
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