Music Modernization Act Implementing Regulations for the Blanket License for Digital Uses and Mechanical Licensing Collective: Extension of Comment Period
| Citation | 84 FR 65739 |
| Published date | 29 November 2019 |
| Record Number | 2019-25805 |
| Court | Library Of Congress,U.s. Copyright Office |
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 230 (Friday, November 29, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 230 (Friday, November 29, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 65739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25805]
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
U.S. Copyright Office
37 CFR Part 210
[Docket No. 2019-5]
Music Modernization Act Implementing Regulations for the Blanket
License for Digital Uses and Mechanical Licensing Collective: Extension
of Comment Period
AGENCY: U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
ACTION: Notification of inquiry; extension of 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 September 24,
2019 notification of inquiry regarding implementation regulations for
the Musical Works Modernization Act, title I of the Orrin G. Hatch-Bob
Goodlatte Music Modernization Act.
DATES: The reply comment period for the notification of inquiry
published September 24, 2019, at 84 FR 49966, is extended. Written
reply comments must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
December 20, 2019.
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/mma-implementation/. 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],
Anna Chauvet, Associate General Counsel, by email at
[email protected], or Jason E. Sloan, Assistant General Counsel, by
email at [email protected]. Each can be contacted by telephone by
calling (202) 707-8350.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Copyright
Office issued a notification of inquiry (``NOI'') regarding
implementation regulations for the Musical Works Modernization Act,
title I of the Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act
(``MMA''). 84 FR 49966 (Sept. 24, 2019). The Office solicited public
comments on a broad range of subjects concerning the administration of
the new blanket compulsory license for digital uses of musical works
that was created by the MMA, including regulations regarding notices of
license, notices of nonblanket activity, usage reports and adjustments,
information to be included in the mechanical licensing collective's
database, database usability, interoperability, and usage restrictions,
and the handling of confidential information.
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 reply comments to no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
December 20, 2019.
Dated: November 22, 2019.
Regan A. Smith,
General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights.
[FR Doc. 2019-25805 Filed 11-27-19; 8:45 am]
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