[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9178-9179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4549]
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Office
[Docket No. 98-12B]
Promotion of Distance Education Through Digital Technologies
AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
ACTION: Extension of deadline for submission of reply comments.
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SUMMARY: The Copyright Office is extending the period for submission of
reply comments in the above-referenced study on the promotion of
distance education through digital technologies.
DATES: Reply comments must be received in the Copyright Office on or
before 5:00 p.m. E.S.T. on March 3, 1999.
ADDRESSES: All submissions should be addressed to Sayuri Rajapakse,
Attorney-Advisor, Office of Policy and International Affairs. For
information on formats, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for file formats
and other information about electronic filing. Those filings sent by
regular mail should be sent to the U.S. Copyright Office, Copyright GC/
I&R, P.O. Box 70400, Southwest Station, Washington, D.C. 20024.
Submissions delivered by hand should be brought to the Office of Policy
and International Affairs, Office of the Register, James Madison
Memorial Building, Room LM-403, 101 Independence Avenue, Southeast,
Washington, D.C. Submissions by telefax should be made to (202) 707-
8366. Submissions by electronic mail should be made to
disted@loc.gov.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sayuri Rajapakse, Attorney-Advisor,
Office of Policy and International Affairs. Telephone: (202) 707-8350.
Telefax: (202) 707-8366.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 23, 1998, the Copyright Office
published a request for comments and notice of public hearing on the
promotion of distance education through digital technologies, in
connection with the Office's study of distance education in accordance
with Section 403 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. (Pub.
L. 105-304, 112 Stat. 2860) 63 FR 71167 (December 23, 1998). Comments
were due to be filed by February 5, 1999; reply
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comments were due to be filed by February 24, 1999.
The Office, however, has decided to extend the deadline for filing
reply comments by a period of seven days, to March 3, 1999. The Office
takes this action in response to a motion to extend the reply period,
given the short time to respond and the extensive comments received.
Formats
The Copyright Office will be placing reply comments on its Website
(http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/disted/). Reply comments should be
sent, therefore, in one of the following formats:
If by regular mail or hand delivery: Send, to the appropriate
address listed above, two copies, each on a 3.5-inch write-protected
diskette, labeled with the name of the person making the submission,
his or her title and organization. The document itself must be in a
single file in either Adobe Portable Document File (PDF) format
(preferred), or in Microsoft Word Version 7.0 or earlier, or in
WordPerfect Version 7 or earlier. The file name must be no longer than
eight characters with a three-character extension.
If by electronic mail: Send to disted@loc.gov'' a message
containing the name of the person making the submission, his or her
title, organization, mailing address, telephone number, telefax number
and e-mail address. The message should also identify the document
clearly as either a comment or reply comment. The document itself must
be sent as a MIME attachment, and must be in a single file in either
Adobe Portable Document File (PDF) format (preferred), or in Microsoft
Word Version 7.0 or earlier, or in WordPerfect 7 or earlier. The file
name must be no longer than eight characters with a three-character
extension.
Anyone who is unable to submit a comment in electronic form should
submit ten paper copies by hand or by mail to the appropriate address
listed above.
Dated: February 19, 1999.
Marybeth Peters,
Register of Copyrights.
[FR Doc. 99-4549 Filed 2-23-99; 8:45 am]
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