[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 22, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 71286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25447]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

 Copyright Office

37 CFR Part 210

[Docket No. 2022-5]


Termination Rights and the Music Modernization Act's Blanket 
License

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 October 25, 2022 
notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the applicability of the 
derivative works exception to termination rights under the Copyright 
Act to the statutory mechanical blanket license established under the 
Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act.

DATES: The comment periods for the notice of proposed rulemaking 
published October 25, 2022, at 87 FR 64405, are extended. Written 
comments must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on 
December 1, 2022. Written reply comments must be received no later than 
11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on January 5, 2023.

ADDRESSES: For reasons of governmental 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://copyright.gov/rulemaking/mma-termination. If electronic 
submission of comments is not feasible due to lack of access to a 
computer or the internet, please contact the Copyright Office using the 
contact information below for special instructions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Megan Efthimiadis, Assistant to the 
General Counsel, by email at [email protected] or telephone at 202-
707-8350.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 25, 2022 the Office issued a 
notice of proposed rulemaking seeking public comments regarding the 
applicability of the derivative works exception to termination rights 
under the Copyright Act to the statutory mechanical blanket license 
established under the Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization 
Act. 87 FR 64405 (October 25, 2022).
    In light of the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, to ensure that 
members of the public have sufficient time to respond, and to ensure 
that the Office has the benefit of a complete record, the Office is 
extending the deadline for the submission of written comments to no 
later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on December 1, 2022 and is extending 
the deadline for the submission of written reply comments to no later 
than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on January 5, 2023.

    Dated: November 17, 2022.
Suzanne V. Wilson,
General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights.
[FR Doc. 2022-25447 Filed 11-21-22; 8:45 am]
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