[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 18, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 71787-71788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22930]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Office

37 CFR Part 202

[Docket No. 2023-3]


Access to Electronic Works

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 to submit 
comments in connection with a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding 
expanding the categories of electronic deposits in its regulation 
governing electronic deposits of published works submitted to the 
Office that have been selected for addition to the collections of the 
Library of Congress.

DATES: Written reply comments must be received by no later than 11:59 
p.m. Eastern Time on October 30, 2023.

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://www.copyright.gov/rulemaking/edeposit-access.

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

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 1, 2023, the U.S. Copyright 
Office issued a notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comments from the 
public on questions regarding expanding the categories of electronic 
deposits in its regulation governing electronic deposits of published 
works submitted to the Office that have been selected for addition to 
the collections of the Library of Congress.\1\ The notice set an 
October 2, 2023 deadline for submitting initial comments and an October 
16, 2023 deadline for reply comments.
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    \1\ 88 FR 60413 (Sept. 1, 2023).
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    To ensure that members of the public have sufficient time to 
prepare responses to the Office, and to ensure that the Office can 
proceed on a timely basis with its inquiry of the issues identified in 
its notice with the benefit of a complete record, the Office is 
extending the reply comment period deadline as set forth here. Reply 
comments will now be due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, October 
30, 2023.

    Dated: October 12, 2023.
Maria Strong,
Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of Policy and 
International Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2023-22930 Filed 10-17-23; 8:45 am]
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