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Chance to be heard DMCA-copyright office



By Declan McCullagh 
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
March 20, 2003, 10:19 AM PT
    Public to chime in on copyright law  

http://news.com.com/2100-1028-993495.html

WASHINGTON--Fans and foes of the controversial Digital Millennium
Copyright Act soon will have another chance to tell the U.S. government
what they think.  The Library of Congress' Copyright Office said on
Thursday that it will hold a series of public hearings over the next two
months in Washington, D.C. and California to decide what changes, if any,
should be made to the section of the DMCA that restricts bypassing
copy-protection schemes.

Anyone with strong feelings about the DMCA, one way or another, may submit
a request by Apr. 1 to testify during the public forums, the Copyright
Office said in its announcement. The hearing dates in the U.S. capital
will be Apr. 11, Apr. 15 and May 2. The dates and locations in California
have not been set yet. ...

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