[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 27, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 59327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23351]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

 Copyright Office

37 CFR Parts 201, 220, 222, 223 and 224

[Docket No. 2021-6]


Copyright Claims Board: Initiation of Proceedings and Related 
Procedures

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

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; 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 September 29, 2021, 
notification of proposed rulemaking regarding initiating proceedings 
before the Copyright Claims Board.

DATES: The comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking 
published September 29, 2021, at 86 FR 53897, is extended. Initial 
written comments must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time 
on November 12, 2021. Written reply comments must be received no later 
than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on November 30, 2021.

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 website 
at https://copyright.gov/rulemaking/case-act-implementation/initiating-proceedings/. 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: Kevin R. Amer, Acting General Counsel 
and Associate Register of Copyrights, by email at [email protected], 
or Whitney Levandusky, Supervisory Attorney-Advisor, by email at 
[email protected]. Both can be reached by telephone at 202-707-8350.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 29, 2021, the U.S. Copyright 
Office issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (``NPRM'') regarding 
initiating proceedings before the Copyright Claims Board (``CCB''). The 
Office solicited public comments on a broad range of procedures 
governing the initial stages of a CCB proceeding, including filing the 
initial claim, opting out of a proceeding, and filing a response and 
any counterclaims.
    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 
initial comments to no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on November 
12, 2021. The Office is also extending the deadline for the submission 
of reply comments to no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on November 
30, 2021.

    Dated: October 21, 2021.
Kevin R. Amer,
Acting General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights.
[FR Doc. 2021-23351 Filed 10-26-21; 8:45 am]
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