[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 69 (Thursday, April 9, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 19919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06979]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Office

37 CFR Chapter II

[Docket No. 2019-7]


Online Publication; Extension of Comment Period

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

ACTION: Notification of inquiry; extension of reply 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 reply comment period for the notification of inquiry 
published December 4, 2019, at 84 FR 66328, is extended. Written reply 
comments must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on 
June 15, 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 regarding online publication. 
84 FR 66328 (Dec. 4, 2019). The Office solicited public comments on a 
broad range of issues concerning the application of the statutory 
definition of publication to the online context. The Office 
subsequently extended the deadline for the submission of comments to 
March 19, 2020 and the deadline for the submission of reply comments to 
April 16, 2020. 85 FR 3303 (Jan. 21, 2020).
    Given the large number of substantive comments the Office received 
and the widespread disruption caused by the coronavirus, the Office 
believes it would be beneficial to provide additional time for reply 
comments to ensure that members of the public have sufficient time to 
comment and that the Office has the benefit of a complete record. The 
Office is therefore extending the deadline for the submission of reply 
comments to no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on June 15, 2020.

    Dated: March 30, 2020.
Regan A. Smith,
General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights.
[FR Doc. 2020-06979 Filed 4-8-20; 8:45 am]
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