83 FR 4884 - Exemptions To Permit Circumvention of Access Controls on Copyrighted Works: Notice of Public Hearings
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Office Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 23 (February 2, 2018)
Copyright Office
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 23 (February 2, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-02086 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 23 (Friday, February 2, 2018)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 4884-4886] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-02086] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Copyright Office 37 CFR Part 201 [Docket No. 2017-10] Exemptions To Permit Circumvention of Access Controls on Copyrighted Works: Notice of Public Hearings AGENCY: U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress. ACTION: Announcement of public hearings. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The United States Copyright Office will be holding public hearings as part of the seventh triennial rulemaking proceeding under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (``DMCA'') concerning possible exemptions to the DMCA's prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. The public hearings will be held in April 2018 in Washington, DC and Los Angeles. Parties interested in testifying at the public hearings are invited to submit requests to testify pursuant to the instructions set forth below. DATES: The public hearings in Washington, DC are scheduled for April 10, 11, 12, and 13, 2018, on each day from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The public hearings in Los Angeles are scheduled for April 23, 24, and 25, 2018, on each day from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Requests to testify must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on February 21, 2018. Although the Office currently anticipates up to four days of hearings in Washington, DC and three days of hearings in Los Angeles, the Office may adjust this schedule depending upon the number and nature of requests to testify. Once the schedule of hearing witnesses is finalized, the Office will notify all participants and post the times and dates of the hearings at https://www.copyright.gov/1201/2018/. ADDRESSES: The Washington, DC hearings will be held in the Mumford Room of the James Madison Building of the Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20540. The Los Angeles hearings will be held in Room 1314 of the UCLA School of Law, 385 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095. Requests to testify should be submitted through the request form available at https://www.copyright.gov/1201/2018/hearing-request.html. Any person who is unable to send a request via the website should contact the Office using the contact information below to make an alternative arrangement for submission of a request to testify. The SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below includes additional instructions on submitting requests to testify. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarang Vijay Damle, General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights, by email at [email protected], Regan A. Smith, Deputy General Counsel, by email at [email protected], Anna Chauvet, Assistant General Counsel, by email at [email protected], or Jason E. Sloan, Attorney-Advisor, by email at [email protected]. Each can be contacted by telephone by calling (202) 707-8350. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 30, 2017, the Copyright Office published a notice of inquiry in the Federal Register to initiate the seventh triennial rulemaking proceeding under 17 U.S.C. 1201(a)(1), which provides that the Librarian of Congress, upon recommendation of the Register of Copyrights, may exempt certain classes of copyrighted works from the prohibition against circumventing a technological measure that controls access to a copyrighted work. 82 FR 29804 (June 30, 2017). On October 26, 2017, the Office published a notice of proposed rulemaking setting forth proposed exemptions for twelve classes of works and requesting responsive comments. 82 FR 49550 (Oct. 26, 2017). The responsive comments received thus far have been posted on the Office's website. See https://www.copyright.gov/1201/2018/. At this time, the Office is announcing public hearings to be held in Washington, DC and Los Angeles to further consider the proposed exemptions. The Office plans to convene panels of witnesses for the proposals to be considered, and may combine certain panels if the witnesses and/or key issues substantially overlap. The Office will schedule panels for particular exemptions in either Washington, DC or Los Angeles unless compelling circumstances require that a proposed class be considered in both cities. Limiting the discussion of each proposed class to one city or another will better ensure that witnesses can respond to the points made by others and avoid duplicative discussion. All of the hearings will be live streamed online. If no request to testify is received for a proposed exemption, the Office will consider the class based on the written submissions and any ex- parte communications with interested parties (discussed below). A. Submitting Requests To Testify A request to testify should be submitted to the Copyright Office using the form on the Office's website indicated in the ADDRESSES section above. Anyone wishing to testify with respect to more than one proposed class must submit a separate form for each request. If multiple people from the same organization wish to testify on different panels, each should submit a separate request for each panel. If multiple people from the same organization wish to testify on the same panel, each should submit a request for [[Page 4885]] that panel, and explain the need for multiple witnesses in the comment field of the request form. If a party is considering whether to testify at a hearing, the party should submit a hearing request form even if no opposition has been filed. The Copyright Office will contact requesters should it determine that a hearing is unnecessary. Depending upon the number and nature of the requests to testify, and in light of the limited time and space available for the public hearings, the Office may not be able to accommodate all requests to testify. The Office will give preference to those who have submitted substantive evidentiary submissions in support of or in opposition to a proposal. To the extent feasible, the Office encourages parties with similar interests to select a common representative to testify on their behalf. All requests to testify must clearly identify:The name of the person desiring to serve as a witness. The organization or organizations represented, if any. Contact information (address, telephone, and email). The proposed class about which the person wishes to testify. A two- to three-sentence explanation of the testimony the witness expects to present. If the party is requesting the ability to demonstrate a use or a technology at the hearing, a description of the demonstration, including whether it will be prepared in advance or presented live, the approximate time required for such demonstration, and any presentation equipment that the person desires to use and/or bring to the hearing. The city in which the person prefers to testify (Washington, DC or Los Angeles). The Office will try to take this preference into account in scheduling the hearings, but cannot guarantee that the relevant panel will be convened in the preferred city. Participants who are unable to testify in a particular city or on a particular date should so indicate in the comment field of the request form. To facilitate the process of scheduling panels, it is essential that all of the required information listed above be included in a request to testify. Following receipt of the requests to testify, the Office will prepare agendas for the hearings listing the panels and witnesses, which will be circulated to hearing participants and posted at https://www.copyright.gov/1201/2018/. As stated above, although the Office currently anticipates up to four days of hearings in Washington, DC and three days of hearings in Los Angeles, the Office may adjust this schedule depending upon the number and nature of requests to testify. B. Format of Public Hearings There will be time limits for each panel, which will be established after receiving all requests to testify. Generally, the Copyright Office plans to allot approximately one to two hours for each proposed class, although it may allot additional time for more complex classes. Witnesses should expect the Office to have carefully studied all written comments, and the Office will expect witnesses to have done the same with respect to the classes for which they will be presenting. The hearings will focus on legal or factual issues that are unclear or underdeveloped in the written record, as identified by the Office, as well as demonstrative evidence. The Office stresses that factual information is critical to the rulemaking process, and witnesses should be prepared to discuss, among other things, where the copies of the works sought to be accessed are stored, how the works would be accessed, and what would be done with the works after being accessed. The Office also encourages witnesses to provide real-world examples to support their arguments. In some cases, the best way to do this may be to provide a demonstration of a claimed noninfringing use or the technologies pertinent to a proposal. As noted above, a person wishing to provide a demonstration should include a request to do so with his or her request to testify, using the appropriate space on the form described above. To ensure proper documentation of the hearings, the Office will require that a copy of any audio, visual, or audiovisual materials that have been prepared in advance (e.g., slideshows and videos) be provided to the Office at the hearing. Live demonstrations may be recorded by a videographer provided by the Office. The Office may contact witnesses individually ahead of time to ensure that demonstrations can be preserved for the record in an appropriate form. In addition to videography equipment, the Office expects to have a PC, projector, and screen in the hearing room to accommodate demonstrations. Beyond this equipment, witnesses are responsible for supplying and operating any other equipment needed for their demonstrations. Persons planning to bring additional electronic or audiovisual equipment must notify the Office at least five business days in advance of their scheduled hearing date by emailing John Riley, Attorney-Advisor, at [email protected]. All hearings will be open to the public, but seating will be limited and will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis. Witnesses and persons accompanying witnesses will be given priority in seating. As noted above, all of the hearings will be live streamed online. C. Ex-Parte Communication Typically, the Office's communications with participants about an ongoing rulemaking do not include discussions about the substance of the proceeding apart from written comments and public hearings. As with prior section 1201 rulemakings, the written record may also include post-hearing questions issued by the Office to individual parties involved with a particular class, and the Office will continue to post any questions and responses on the Office's website as part of the public record. For this rulemaking, the Office has determined that informal communication with interested parties might also be beneficial, such as to discuss nuances of proposed regulatory language. Any such communication may occur after the public hearings, but before the Office has issued a recommendation to the Librarian of Congress regarding the exemptions. Parties wishing to participate in informal discussions with the Office should submit a written request to one or more of the persons listed in the contact information above. The primary means to communicate views in the course of the rulemaking will, however, continue to be through the submission of written comments and testimony at the public hearings. In other words, informal communication will supplement, not substitute for, the written record and testimony at the public hearings. Should a party meet with the Office regarding this rulemaking, the participating party will be responsible for submitting a list of attendees and written summary of any oral communication to the Office, which will be made publicly available on the Office's website or regulations.gov. In sum, while the Office is establishing the option of informal meetings in this rulemaking, it will require that all such communications be reflected in the record to ensure the greatest possible transparency. 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§ 110.209 Saint Lawrence Seaway ACTION: Announcement of public Advisor, by email at jslo@loc.gov. Each
Anchorages, NY. hearings. can be contacted by telephone by calling
(a) Carleton Island Anchorage; Saint (202) 707–8350.
Lawrence River, Cape Vincent, New SUMMARY: The United States Copyright
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June
York. Office will be holding public hearings as
part of the seventh triennial rulemaking 30, 2017, the Copyright Office published
(1) Carleton Island Anchorage Area. a notice of inquiry in the Federal
The waters bounded by a line proceeding under the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act (‘‘DMCA’’) Register to initiate the seventh triennial
connecting the following, beginning at rulemaking proceeding under 17 U.S.C.
44°11′57.11″ N, 076°14′04.62″ W; thence concerning possible exemptions to the
DMCA’s prohibition against 1201(a)(1), which provides that the
to 44°11′21.80″ N, 076°14′05.77″ W;
circumvention of technological Librarian of Congress, upon
thence to 44°11′34.07″ N, 076°15′49.57″
measures that control access to recommendation of the Register of
W; 44°11′35.35″ N, 076°16′47.50″ W;
copyrighted works. The public hearings Copyrights, may exempt certain classes
44°11′43.49″ N, 076°16′48.00″ W;
will be held in April 2018 in of copyrighted works from the
44°11′57.11″ N, 076°14′04.62″ W and
Washington, DC and Los Angeles. prohibition against circumventing a
back to the beginning point. These
Parties interested in testifying at the technological measure that controls
coordinates are based on WGS 84.
(2) Tibbett’s Island Anchorage Area. public hearings are invited to submit access to a copyrighted work. 82 FR
The waters bounded by a line requests to testify pursuant to the 29804 (June 30, 2017). On October 26,
connecting the following points, instructions set forth below. 2017, the Office published a notice of
beginning at 44°05′20.27″ N, proposed rulemaking setting forth
DATES: The public hearings in
076°23′25″78° W; thence to 44°05′21.85″ proposed exemptions for twelve classes
Washington, DC are scheduled for April of works and requesting responsive
N, 076°22′40.97″ W; thence to 10, 11, 12, and 13, 2018, on each day
44°04′34.08″ N, 076°23′09.98″ W; comments. 82 FR 49550 (Oct. 26, 2017).
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The public The responsive comments received thus
44°04′07.72″ N; 076°23′33.76″ W; hearings in Los Angeles are scheduled
44°04′32.78″ N, 076°24′43.80″ W; far have been posted on the Office’s
for April 23, 24, and 25, 2018, on each website. See https://www.copyright.gov/
44°05′44.37″ N, 076°23′56.29″ W; day from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Requests
44°05′20.27″ N, 076°23′ 25.78″ W and 1201/2018/.
to testify must be received no later than At this time, the Office is announcing
back to the beginning point. These 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on February 21,
coordinates are based on WGS 84. public hearings to be held in
2018. Although the Office currently Washington, DC and Los Angeles to
(b) The Regulations. (1) Anchors must anticipates up to four days of hearings
not be placed in the Saint Lawrence further consider the proposed
in Washington, DC and three days of exemptions. The Office plans to
Seaway shipping channel. No portion of hearings in Los Angeles, the Office may
the hull or rigging may extend outside convene panels of witnesses for the
adjust this schedule depending upon proposals to be considered, and may
the limits of the anchorage area.
the number and nature of requests to combine certain panels if the witnesses
(2) No vessel may occupy any general
anchorage described in paragraph (a) of testify. Once the schedule of hearing and/or key issues substantially overlap.
this section for a period longer than 10 witnesses is finalized, the Office will The Office will schedule panels for
days unless approval is obtained from notify all participants and post the times particular exemptions in either
the Captain of the Port for that purpose. and dates of the hearings at https:// Washington, DC or Los Angeles unless
(3) The COTP, or authorized www.copyright.gov/1201/2018/. compelling circumstances require that a
representative, may require vessels to ADDRESSES: The Washington, DC proposed class be considered in both
depart from the Anchorages described hearings will be held in the Mumford cities. Limiting the discussion of each
above before the expiration of the Room of the James Madison Building of proposed class to one city or another
authorized or maximum stay. The the Library of Congress, 101 will better ensure that witnesses can
COTP, or authorized representative, will Independence Ave. SE, Washington, DC respond to the points made by others
provide at least 12-hour notice to a 20540. The Los Angeles hearings will be and avoid duplicative discussion. All of
vessel required to depart the held in Room 1314 of the UCLA School the hearings will be live streamed
anchorages. of Law, 385 Charles E. Young Drive online. If no request to testify is
Dated: January 11, 2018. East, Los Angeles, CA 90095. Requests received for a proposed exemption, the
J.M. Nunan,
to testify should be submitted through Office will consider the class based on
the request form available at https:// the written submissions and any ex-
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander,
Ninth Coast Guard District.
www.copyright.gov/1201/2018/hearing- parte communications with interested
request.html. Any person who is unable parties (discussed below).
[FR Doc. 2018–02114 Filed 2–1–18; 8:45 am]
to send a request via the website should
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contact the Office using the contact A. Submitting Requests To Testify
information below to make an A request to testify should be
alternative arrangement for submission submitted to the Copyright Office using
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS of a request to testify. The the form on the Office’s website
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section indicated in the ADDRESSES section
Copyright Office
below includes additional instructions above. Anyone wishing to testify with
on submitting requests to testify. respect to more than one proposed class
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37 CFR Part 201
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: must submit a separate form for each
[Docket No. 2017–10] Sarang Vijay Damle, General Counsel request. If multiple people from the
and Associate Register of Copyrights, by same organization wish to testify on
Exemptions To Permit Circumvention
email at sdam@loc.gov, Regan A. Smith, different panels, each should submit a
of Access Controls on Copyrighted
Deputy General Counsel, by email at separate request for each panel. If
Works: Notice of Public Hearings
resm@loc.gov, Anna Chauvet, Assistant multiple people from the same
AGENCY: U.S. Copyright Office, Library General Counsel, by email at achau@ organization wish to testify on the same
of Congress. loc.gov, or Jason E. Sloan, Attorney- panel, each should submit a request for
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Dated: January 25, 2018. considered the official comment and program made in 2005.1 See 70 FR 39104
Sarang V. Damle, should include discussion of all points (July 6, 2005). In those revisions, EPA
General Counsel and Associate Register of you wish to make. EPA will generally amended its regulations to provide that
Copyrights. not consider comments or comment states participating in the CAIR cap-and-
[FR Doc. 2018–02086 Filed 2–1–18; 8:45 am] contents located outside of the primary trade programs pursuant to an EPA-
BILLING CODE 1410–30–P submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or approved CAIR SIP or states that remain
other file sharing system). For subject to a CAIR FIP need not require
additional submission methods, the full affected BART-eligible electric
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA public comment policy, generating units (EGUs) to install,
AGENCY information about CBI or multimedia operate, and maintain BART for
submissions, and general guidance on emissions of SO2 and nitrogen oxides
40 CFR Part 52 making effective comments, please visit (NOX). As a result of EPA’s
http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ determination that CAIR was ‘‘better-
[EPA–R04–OAR–2016–0315; FRL–9973–46– than-BART,’’ a number of states in the
Region 4] commenting-epa-dockets.
CAIR region, including Georgia, relied
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: on the CAIR cap-and-trade programs as
Air Plan Approval; Georgia; Regional
Michele Notarianni, Air Regulatory an alternative to BART for EGU
Haze Plan and Prong 4 (Visibility) for
Management Section, Air, Pesticides emissions of SO2 and NOX in designing
the 2012 PM2.5, 2010 NO2, 2010 SO2,
and 2008 Ozone NAAQS and Toxics Management Division, U.S. their regional haze plans. These states
Environmental Protection Agency, also relied on CAIR as an element of a
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, long-term strategy (LTS) for achieving
Agency. Georgia 30303–8960. Ms. Notarianni can their reasonable progress goals (RPGs)
ACTION: Proposed rule. be reached by telephone at (404) 562– for their regional haze programs.
9031 or via electronic mail at However, in 2008, the United States
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection notarianni.michele@epa.gov. Court of Appeals for the District of
Agency (EPA) is proposing to take the Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit)
following four actions regarding the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: remanded CAIR to EPA without vacatur
Georgia State Implementation Plan I. Background to preserve the environmental benefits
(SIP): Approve the portion of Georgia’s provided by CAIR. North Carolina v.
July 26, 2017, SIP submittal seeking to A. Regional Haze Plans and Their EPA, 550 F.3d 1176, 1178 (D.C. Cir.
change reliance from the Clean Air Relationship With CAIR and CSAPR 2008). On August 8, 2011 (76 FR 48208),
Interstate Rule (CAIR) to Cross-State Air acting on the D.C. Circuit’s remand, EPA
Section 169A(b)(2)(A) of the Clean Air promulgated CSAPR to replace CAIR
Pollution Rule (CSAPR) for certain
regional haze requirements; convert Act (CAA or Act) requires states to and issued FIPs to implement the rule
EPA’s limited approval/limited submit regional haze plans that contain in CSAPR-subject states.2
disapproval of Georgia’s regional haze such measures as may be necessary to Implementation of CSAPR was
SIP to a full approval; remove EPA’s make reasonable progress towards the scheduled to begin on January 1, 2012,
Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) for natural visibility goal, including a when CSAPR would have superseded
Georgia which replaced reliance on requirement that certain categories of the CAIR program.
CAIR with reliance on CSAPR to existing major stationary sources built Due to the D.C. Circuit’s 2008 ruling
address the deficiencies identified in between 1962 and 1977 procure, install, that CAIR was ‘‘fatally flawed’’ and its
the limited disapproval of Georgia’s and operate Best Available Retrofit resulting status as a temporary measure
regional haze SIP; and approve the Technology (BART) as determined by following that ruling, EPA could not
visibility prong of Georgia’s the state. Under the Regional Haze Rule fully approve regional haze SIPs to the
infrastructure SIP submittals for the (RHR), states are directed to conduct extent that they relied on CAIR to satisfy
2012 Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5), BART determinations for such ‘‘BART- the BART requirement and the
2010 Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), 2010 eligible’’ sources that may be requirement for a LTS sufficient to
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), and 2008 8-hour anticipated to cause or contribute to any achieve the state-adopted RPGs. On
Ozone National Ambient Air Quality visibility impairment in a Class I area. these grounds, EPA finalized a limited
Standards (NAAQS). Rather than requiring source-specific disapproval of Georgia’s regional haze
BART controls, states also have the
DATES: Comments must be received on
flexibility to adopt an emissions trading 1 CAIR created regional cap-and-trade programs to
or before March 5, 2018. reduce SO2 and NOX emissions in 27 eastern states
program or other alternative program as (and the District of Columbia), including Georgia,
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, long as the alternative provides greater that contributed to downwind nonattainment or
identified by Docket ID No EPA–R04– reasonable progress towards improving interfered with maintenance of the 1997 8-hour
OAR–2016–0315 at http:// visibility than BART. See 40 CFR ozone NAAQS or the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS.
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 51.308(e)(2). EPA provided states with
2 CSAPR requires 28 eastern states to limit their
instructions for submitting comments. statewide emissions of SO2 and/or NOX in order to
this flexibility in the RHR, adopted in mitigate transported air pollution unlawfully
Once submitted, comments cannot be 1999, and further refined the criteria for impacting other states’ ability to attain or maintain
edited or removed from Regulations.gov. assessing whether an alternative four NAAQS: The 1997 ozone NAAQS, the 1997
EPA may publish any comment received annual PM2.5 NAAQS, the 2006 24-hour PM2.5
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program provides for greater reasonable NAAQS, and the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS. The
to its public docket. Do not submit progress in two subsequent CSAPR emissions limitations are defined in terms
electronically any information you rulemakings. See 64 FR 35714 (July 1, of maximum statewide ‘‘budgets’’ for emissions of
consider to be Confidential Business 1999); 70 FR 39104 (July 6, 2005); 71 FR annual SO2, annual NOX, and/or ozone-season NOX
Information (CBI) or other information by each covered state’s large EGUs. The CSAPR
60612 (October 13, 2006). state budgets are implemented in two phases of
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
EPA demonstrated that CAIR would generally increasing stringency, with the Phase 1
Multimedia submissions (audio, video, budgets applying to emissions in 2015 and 2016
etc.) must be accompanied by a written achieve greater reasonable progress than and the Phase 2 budgets applying to emissions in
comment. The written comment is BART in revisions to the regional haze 2017 and later years.
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| Dates | The public hearings in Washington, DC are scheduled for April 10, 11, 12, and 13, 2018, on each day from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The public hearings in Los Angeles are scheduled for April 23, 24, and 25, 2018, on each day from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Requests to testify must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on February 21, 2018. Although the Office currently anticipates up to four days of hearings in Washington, DC and three days of hearings in Los Angeles, the Office may adjust this schedule depending upon the number and nature of requests to testify. Once the schedule of hearing witnesses is finalized, the Office will notify all participants and post the times and dates of the hearings at https://www.copyright.gov/1201/2018/. | |
| Contact | Sarang Vijay Damle, General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights, by email at [email protected], Regan A. Smith, Deputy General Counsel, by email at [email protected], Anna Chauvet, Assistant General Counsel, by email at [email protected], or Jason E. Sloan, Attorney-Advisor, by email at [email protected] Each can be contacted by telephone by calling (202) 707-8350. | |
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