[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 221 (Thursday, November 15, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 68075-68076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27774]
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Office
37 CFR Part 201 and 210
[Docket No. 2012-7]
Mechanical and Digital Phonorecord Delivery Compulsory License
AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking: Extension of reply comment
periods.
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SUMMARY: The Copyright Office is extending the deadline for filing
reply comments regarding its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning
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regulations for reporting Monthly and Annual Statements of Account for
the making and distribution of phonorecords under a compulsory license.
DATES: Reply comments on the proposed regulation must be received in
the Office of the General Counsel of the Copyright Office no later than
5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on December 10, 2012.
ADDRESSES: The Copyright Office strongly prefers that reply comments be
submitted electronically. A comment submission page is posted on the
Copyright Office Web site at http://www.copyright.gov/docs/section115/soa/comments/. The Web site interface requires submitters to complete a
form specifying name and other required information, and to upload
comments as an attachment. To meet accessibility standards, all
comments must be uploaded in a single file in either the Adobe Portable
Document File (PDF) format that contains searchable, accessible text
(not an image); Microsoft Word; WordPerfect; Rich Text Format (RTF); or
ASCII text file format (not a scanned document). The maximum file size
is 6 megabytes (MB). The name of the submitter and organization should
appear on both the form and the face of the comments. All comments will
be posted publicly on the Copyright Office Web site exactly as they are
received, along with names and organizations if provided. If electronic
submission of comments is not feasible, please contact the Copyright
Office at (202) 707-8380 for special instructions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tanya Sandros, Deputy General Counsel,
or Stephen Ruwe, Attorney Advisor, Copyright GC/I&R, P.O. Box 70400,
Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: (202) 707-8380. Telefax: (202) 707-
8366.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 27, 2012, the Copyright Office
published a notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comments
concerning a new regulation that would amend the regulations for
reporting Monthly and Annual Statements of Account for the making and
distribution of phonorecords under the compulsory license, 17 U.S.C.
115, to bring the regulations up-to-date to reflect recent and pending
rate determinations by the Copyright Royalty Judges, which among other
things provide new rates for limited downloads, interactive streaming
and incidental digital phonorecord deliveries, and to harmonize these
reporting requirements with the existing regulations for reporting the
making and distribution of physical phonorecords, permanent downloads
and ringtones. The notice of proposed rulemaking stated that comments
would be due no later than September 25, 2012 and that reply comments
would be due October 25, 2012. Upon the request of several active
institutional participants in the mechanical compulsory license system,
the Copyright Office extended the comment deadline, making the comments
due on October 25, 2012 and reply comments due on November 26, 2012. 77
FR 55783 (September 11, 2012). The Copyright Office posted all comments
received by the October 25, 2012 deadline on the Copyright Office Web
site at http://www.copyright.gov/docs/docket2012-7/comments/initial/.
On November 7, 2012, the Copyright Office received a joint motion
filed on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of America, Inc.,
National Music Publishers Association, Digital Media Association, and
Music Reports, Inc., (``Joint Requestors'') to extend the reply comment
period by two weeks (i.e. until December 10, 2012). The Joint
Requestors stated that they hope to be in a position to suggest
specific certification language in their reply comments. However, they
note that several key individuals involved in the Joint Requesters'
discussions were adversely affected by Hurricane Sandy, and that
discussions have been disrupted for over a week. They stated that a two
week extension would allow them to discuss consensus positions and
prepare a written submission setting forth whatever consensus positions
are able to be reached.
In the interest of giving the Joint Requestors, the necessary time
to conclude the process of formulating consensus positions, the
progress of which was interrupted by Hurricane Sandy, the Copyright
Office has decided to grant the request and extend the reply comment
period by two weeks, making the reply comments due on December 10,
2012).
Dated: November 8, 2012.
Maria Pallante,
Register of Copyrights.
[FR Doc. 2012-27774 Filed 11-14-12; 8:45 am]
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