[CONNTECH] COPYRIGHT OFFICE ISSUES REGS; COMMENTS NEEDED
Michael A. Golrick (mgolrick@sclc.org)
Wed, 30 Dec 1998 10:58:09 -0500
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Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 10:58:09 -0500
To: CEMA-L@aces.k12.ct.us, conntech@allen.ctstateu.edu
From: mgolrick@sclc.org (Michael A. Golrick)
Subject: [CONNTECH] COPYRIGHT OFFICE ISSUES REGS; COMMENTS NEEDED
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>ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
>Volume 7, Number 158
>December 29, 1998
>
>In this issue:
>
>[1] U.S. Copyright Office Issues Interim Regulations on Library
>and Archive Exception to the 20-Year Copyright Term Extension
>[2] U.S. Copyright Office Requests Comments on Distance Education;
>Announces Hearings and Demonstrations
>[3] Correction: Connecticut Also Recipient of IMLS Library
>Services and Technology Act Grants to States - FY1999
>
>[1] U.S. Copyright Office Issues Interim Regulations on Library
>and Archive Exception to the 20-Year Copyright Term Extension
>
>ALAWON readers will recall that on October 7 the House and Senate
>passed a 20-year extension of the current life-plus-50-year
>copyright term, and on October 27 the President signed the Sonny
>Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (PL 105-298) into law. The first
>works to be affected by term extension are those whose terms of
>protection would have expired on December 31, 1998.
>
>Through intense negotiations by library associations, the measure
>retains a limited exception for libraries, archives and non-profit
>educational institutions. On December 21 the U.S. Copyright Office
>adopted interim regulations (effective January 1, 1999) to deal
>with the library and archive exception to the 20-year extension of
>the term of copyright.
>
>The exception provides for use of a work if:
>
>(a) it is not subject to "normal commercial exploitation," AND
>(b) it cannot be obtained at a "reasonable price," UNLESS
>the owner has filed a notice with the Copyright Office to the
>effect that the work is subject to "normal commercial
>exploitation" and can be had at a "reasonable price."
>
>The U.S. Copyright Office Web site,
>http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/cpypub/nla.html,
>provides a summary plus links to (1) the interim regulations, (2)
>the required format for copyright owners desiring to file notices
>of "normal commercial exploitation", and (3) the required format
>in which owners must list additional works claimed to be outside
>the scope of the exception.
>
>Comments are sought by February 15 on seven questions posed by the
>Copyright Office. The questions begin on page 6 of the document,
>"Notice to Libraries and Archives of Normal Commercial
>Exploitation or Availability at Reasonable Price" at
>http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/fedreg/nlareg.pdf. Final
>regulations will be issued after a review of the comments.
>
>ALA will, together with other library associations, be filing
>comments on these interim regulations. ALA members with input
>that would be useful for library association comments are
>encouraged to contact Adam Eisgrau, ALA Washington Office
>Legislative Counsel, at ame@alawash.org or at 1-800-941-8478
>before February 1. Please send copies of any comments filed with
>the Copyright Office to the ALA Washington Office (fax 202-628-
>8419).
>
>[2] U.S. Copyright Office Requests Comments on Distance Education;
>Announces Hearings and Demonstrations
>
>As reported in ALAWON (v7, n155; December 17, 1998), to assist in
>preparing recommendations for Congress on the promotion of
>distance education through digital technologies, the U.S.
>Copyright Office will hold three public hearings and is requesting
>comments. The notice appeared in the December 23 Federal Register
>(v63, n246, pp. 711167-69), and is also available (with other
>information related to the distance education study) at
>http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/disted/. Written comments must be
>received in the Copyright Office on or before February 5, 1999.
>
>The first hearing will be at the Postal Rate Commission, 3rd Floor
>Hearing Room, 1333 H St., N.W. Washington, D.C. on January 26 and
>27, 1999 beginning at 9 am on both days. The hearing will be
>preceded on January 25 from 2-5 pm by a demonstration of distance
>education programs using digital technologies in the Automation
>Orientation Center, LM G-45, James Madison Building, Library of
>Congress, Washington, D.C.
>
>The second hearing will be at the University of California at Los
>Angeles (UCLA), James West Alumni Center Conference Room, 325
>Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA on February 10 beginning at 9 am.
>
>The third hearing will be the University of Illinois at Chicago,
>College of Medicine, Room 423, 1853 West Polk St., Chicago, IL on
>February 12 beginning at 9:30 am.
>
>To comply with a study required by the recently enacted Digital
>Millennium Copyright Act (PL 105-304), the Copyright Office seeks
>the views of parties interested in distance education, including
>representatives of copyright owners, nonprofit educational
>institutions, and nonprofit libraries and archives. This input
>will assist the Copyright Office in preparing a report and
>possible recommendations to Congress on revision of copyright law.
>The notice seeks comment on a series of specific questions related
>to the nature of distance education, the role of licensing, the
>use of technology, and the application of copyright law to
>distance education.
>
>The ALA Washington Office is working with ALA's Association of
>College and Research Libraries, as well as with other library
>groups, on joint testimony for the Washington, D.C. hearing. ALA
>members who have input that would be useful for library
>association testimony are encouraged to contact Adam Eisgrau, ALA
>Washington Office Legislative Counsel, at ame@alawash.org or at 1-
>800-941-8478 before January 12. Please send copies of any
>comments or testimony filed with the Copyright Office to the ALA
>Washington Office (fax 202-628-8419).
>
>[3] Correction: Connecticut Also Recipient of IMLS Library
>Services and Technology Act Grants to States - FY1999
>
>Our apologies for inadvertently not including the state of
>Connecticut in the IMLS Library Services and Technology Act Grants
>to States - FY1999 table (ALAWON v7, n157; December 21, 1998).
>Connecticut received a federal allocation of $1,750,899 and a
>state match of $901,978.
>
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Michael A. Golrick mgolrick@sclc.org
Southern Connecticut Library Council
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Hamden CT 06518-3130
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