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U.S. Copyright Office to Hold Public Hearings on 1201 Rulemaking

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 23, 2006 - 2:59am.
Washington - The U.S. Copyright Office announced on Thursday that it plans to hold public hearings in connection with its Section 1201 rulemaking proceeding, which will determine whether there are particular copyrighted works which should be exempt from the provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that prohibits circumventing the copyright controls on a digital device. The Copyright Office will hold hearings at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. on March 23 and 24, and at the Library of Congress in Washington on March 29 and 31, and April 3 and 4. Requests to testify must be received by March 10.