Back in July we posted about The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress asking for comments from the public about amending its regulations. Today, the deadline to submit comments was extended to October 16, 2009.
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is proposing to amend its regulations governing mandatory deposit of electronic works published in the United States and available only online.
The amendments would establish that such works are exempt from mandatory deposit until a demand for deposit of copies or phonorecords of such works is issued by the Copyright Office. They would also set forth the process for issuing and responding to a demand for deposit, amend the definition of a ‘‘complete copy’’ of a work for purposes of mandatory deposit of online–only works, and establish new best edition criteria for electronic serials available only online. The Copyright Office seeks public comment on these proposed revisions.
Reply comments must be received in the Office of the General Counsel of the Copyright Office no later than October 16, 2009.
So far, seven comments have been received. You can read the full text of them here.
You’ll find comments (PDF) from:
+ Association of American Publishers, Inc.
+ American Library Association and Association of Research Libraries
+ Software & Information Industry Association
+ Newspaper Association of America
and others.
Source: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
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