ORPHAN WORKS ROUNDTABLES

["Hamaker, Chuck" <cahamake@email.uncc.edu>]

ORPHAN WORKS ROUNDTABLES: INFORMATION ON GENERAL TOPIC AREAS AND
PARTICIPATION

The Copyright Office will hold public roundtable discussions regarding
orphan works in Washington, D.C., on July 26-27, and in Berkeley,
California, on August 2.  The Office has identified several general topic
areas for discussion during the roundtables, and has organized a
preliminary agenda according to these issue areas.  Persons wishing to
participate in the roundtables must submit a request to participate to the
Copyright Office by 5:00 p.m., E.D.T. on July 15, 2005. REQUESTS TO
PARTICIPATE MUST CONTAIN CERTAIN INFORMATION, AND MUST BE SUBMITTED
ACCORDING TO INSTRUCTIONS SPECIFIED BY THE OFFICE.  Further information on
the topic areas and the preliminary agenda and on how to submit a request
to participate is contained in a Notice to be published in the Federal
Register on July 7, 2005, but is also now available on the Office's orphan
works webpage as well, at www.copyright.gov/orphan
<http://www.copyright.gov/orphan>.

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