[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 55 (Friday, March 20, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 16021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05696]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Office

37 CFR Parts 201 and 202

[Docket No. 2018-9]


Registration Modernization

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

ACTION: Statement of policy and 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 comments in response to its March 3, 2020, 
statement of policy and notification of inquiry regarding registration 
modernization.

DATES: The comment period for the notification of inquiry published 
March 3, 2020, at 85 FR 12704, is extended. Written comments must be 
received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on June 1, 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, [email protected]; Robert J. 
Kasunic, Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of Registration 
Policy and Practice, [email protected]; Kevin Amer, Deputy General 
Counsel, [email protected]; Erik Bertin, Deputy Director of 
Registration Policy and Practice, [email protected]; or Jalyce E. 
Mangum, Attorney-Advisor, [email protected]. They can be reached by 
telephone at 202-707-3000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following an extensive public inquiry,\1\ on 
March 3, 2020, the U.S. Copyright Office issued a statement of policy 
and notification of inquiry announcing several intended practice 
updates to be adopted with the deployment of a new Enterprise Copyright 
System (ECS) and soliciting further comment on additional proposed 
reforms under consideration. 85 FR 12704 (Mar. 3, 2020).
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    \1\ Registration Modernization, 83 FR 52336 (Oct. 17, 2018).
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    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 June 1, 2020.

    Dated: March 13, 2020.
Regan A. Smith,
General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights.
[FR Doc. 2020-05696 Filed 3-19-20; 8:45 am]
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