[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 5, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 42891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14133]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Office

37 CFR Part 201

[Docket No. 2023-5]


Exemptions To Permit Circumvention of Access Controls on 
Copyrighted Works: Notice and Request for Public Comment

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

ACTION: Notice of inquiry; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The United States Copyright Office is extending the deadline 
for written petitions for new exemptions in connection with the ninth 
triennial rulemaking proceeding under the Digital Millennium Copyright 
Act from the original deadline identified in the Office's June 8, 2023 
notice.

DATES: Written petitions for new exemptions must be received no later 
than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on August 25, 2023. All other deadlines 
imposed in the June 8, 2023 notice remain unchanged.

ADDRESSES: Written petitions proposing new exemptions must be completed 
using the form provided on the Office's website at https://www.copyright.gov/1201/2024/new-petition.pdf. All petitions are to be 
submitted electronically through regulations.gov. Specific instructions 
for submitting petitions are available on the Copyright Office website 
at https://www.copyright.gov/1201/2024. If electronic submission is not 
feasible, please contact the Office using the contact information below 
for special instructions.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 8, 2023, the U.S. Copyright Office 
issued a notice of inquiry initiating the ninth triennial rulemaking 
proceeding under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to consider 
possible temporary exemptions to the prohibition against circumvention 
of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works.\1\ 
Among other things, the notice solicited proposals for new exemptions 
to the prohibition against circumvention and set a deadline of August 
11, 2023.
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    \1\ 88 FR 37486 (June 8, 2023).
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    To ensure that members of the public, including those represented 
by law school clinics, have sufficient time to submit written petitions 
for new exemptions, and to ensure that the Office has the benefit of a 
complete record, the Office is extending the deadline for the 
submission of written petitions for new exemptions to 11:59 p.m. 
Eastern Time on August 25, 2023. All other deadlines imposed in the 
June 8, 2023 notice of inquiry remain unchanged.

    Dated: June 28, 2023.
Suzanne V. Wilson,
General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights.
[FR Doc. 2023-14133 Filed 7-3-23; 8:45 am]
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