[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR251.11]

[Page 563-564]
 
              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                                CONGRESS
 
PART 251--COPYRIGHT ARBITRATION ROYALTY PANEL RULES OF PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
Subpart B--Public Access to Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel Meetings
 
Sec. 251.11  Open meetings.


    (a) All meetings of a Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel shall be 
open to the public, with the exception of meetings that are listed in 
Sec. 251.13.
    (b) At the beginning of each proceeding, the CARP shall develop the 
original schedule of the proceeding which shall be published in the 
Federal Register at least seven calendar days in advance of the first 
meeting. Such announcement shall state the times, dates, and place of 
the meetings, the testimony to be heard, whether any of the meetings, or 
any portion of a meeting, is to be closed, and, if so, which ones, and 
the name and telephone number of the person to contact for further 
information.
    (c) If changes are made to the original schedule, they will be 
announced in open meeting and issued as orders to the parties 
participating in the proceeding, and the changes will be noted in the 
docket file of the proceeding.

In addition, the contact person for the proceeding shall make any 
additional efforts to publicize the change as are practicable.
    (d) If it is decided that the publication of the original schedule 
must be made on shorter notice than seven days, that decision must be 
made by a

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recorded vote of the panel and included in the announcement.

[59 FR 23981, May 9, 1994, as amended at 59 63040, Dec. 7, 1994]