[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 106 (Friday, May 31, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 27322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13664]
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Office
37 CFR Ch. II
[Docket No. 96-2]
Eligibility for the Cable Compulsory License
AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
ACTION: Extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is extending
the period for filing reply comments in its rulemaking proceeding
considering the eligibility of open video systems for the cable
compulsory license.
DATES: Initial comments are due on or before July 5, 1996. Reply
comments are due on or before September 13, 1996.
ADDRESSES: If delivered BY MAIL, fifteen copies of written comments
should be addressed to the Office of the Copyright General Counsel,
Copyright GC/I&R, P.O. Box 70400, Southwest Station, Washington, DC
20024. If delivered BY HAND, fifteen copies of written comments should
be brought to: Office of the Copyright General Counsel, James Madison
Memorial Building, Room LM-407, First and Independence Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20540.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marilyn J. Kretsinger, Acting General
Counsel, or William Roberts, Senior Attorney for Compulsory Licenses.
Telephone (202) 707-8380. Telefax (202) 707-8366.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 6, 1996, the Copyright Office of the
Library of Congress published a notice of inquiry to consider the
eligibility of open video systems (``OVS'') for the cable compulsory
license, 17 U.S.C. 111. See 61 FR 20197 (May 6, 1996). Initial comments
are due July 5, 1996, and reply comments are due August 5, 1996. It has
recently come to the attention of the Office that the Federal
Communications Commission will be completing a rulemaking proceeding
regarding OVS in early August. Because the Commission's adoption of
rules may have a bearing on the copyright inquiry, the Office is
extending the period for filing reply comments in this proceeding to
September 13, 1996, to allow interested parties to submit comments in
light of the Commission's final OVS rules.
Dated: May 24, 1996.
Marybeth Peters,
Register of Copyrights.
[FR Doc. 96-13664 Filed 5-30-96; 8:45 am]
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