[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 22, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 48191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-22791]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Office

37 CFR Part 202

[Docket No. RM 2009-3]


Mandatory Deposit of Published Electronic Works Available Only 
Online

AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of time to file reply comments.

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SUMMARY: The Copyright Office is extending the time in which reply 
comments may be filed in response to its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
regarding amendments to regulations governing mandatory deposit of 
electronic works published in the United States and available only 
online.

DATES: Reply comments must be received in the Office of the General 
Counsel of the Copyright Office no later than October 16, 2009.

ADDRESSES: If hand delivered by a private party, an original and five 
copies of a comment or reply comment should be brought to the Library 
of Congress, U.S. Copyright Office, Room 401, 101 Independence Avenue, 
SE, Washington, DC 20559, between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. E.D.T. The 
envelope should be addressed as follows: Office of the General Counsel, 
U.S. Copyright Office. If sent by mail (including overnight delivery 
using U.S. Postal Service Express Mail), an original and five copies of 
a comment or reply comment should be addressed to U.S. Copyright 
Office, Copyright GC/I&R, P.O. Box 70400, Washington, DC 20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tanya M. Sandros, Deputy General 
Counsel, or Christopher Weston, Attorney Advisor, Copyright GC/I&R, 
P.O. Box 70400, Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: (202) 707-8380. 
Telefax: (202)-707-8366.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Earlier this year the Copyright Office 
issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 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 Office requested comments 
and reply comments to its proposal. 74 FR 34286 (July 15, 2009).
    Due to an inadvertent routing error, an additional initial comment, 
while received at the designated addresses before the due date, was 
received by the Office of the General Counsel two weeks after the 
deadline, thus delaying their availability to the public. Because this 
delay will impair the ability of reply commenters to sufficiently 
consider all of the initial comments in the allotted time, the Office 
is extending the date by which reply comments must be received to 
October 16, 2009.

    Dated: September 17, 2009.
Tanya Sandros
Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office.
[FR Doc. E9-22791 Filed 9-21-09; 8:45 am]
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