Registration Modernization
| Published date | 20 March 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 16021 |
| Record Number | 2020-05696 |
| Section | Proposed rules |
| Court | Copyright Office,Library Of Congress |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 55 (Friday, March 20, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 55 (Friday, March 20, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 16021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05696]
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Office
37 CFR Parts 201 and 202
[Docket No. 2018-9]
Registration Modernization
AGENCY: U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
ACTION: Statement of policy and 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 comments in response to its March 3, 2020,
statement of policy and notification of inquiry regarding registration
modernization.
DATES: The comment period for the notification of inquiry published
March 3, 2020, at 85 FR 12704, is extended. Written comments must be
received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on June 1, 2020.
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/online-publication/. 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, [email protected]; Robert J.
Kasunic, Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of Registration
Policy and Practice, [email protected]; Kevin Amer, Deputy General
Counsel, [email protected]; Erik Bertin, Deputy Director of
Registration Policy and Practice, [email protected]; or Jalyce E.
Mangum, Attorney-Advisor, [email protected]. They can be reached by
telephone at 202-707-3000.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following an extensive public inquiry,\1\ on
March 3, 2020, the U.S. Copyright Office issued a statement of policy
and notification of inquiry announcing several intended practice
updates to be adopted with the deployment of a new Enterprise Copyright
System (ECS) and soliciting further comment on additional proposed
reforms under consideration. 85 FR 12704 (Mar. 3, 2020).
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\1\ Registration Modernization, 83 FR 52336 (Oct. 17, 2018).
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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
comments to no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on June 1, 2020.
Dated: March 13, 2020.
Regan A. Smith,
General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights.
[FR Doc. 2020-05696 Filed 3-19-20; 8:45 am]
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