CO Extends Comment Deadlines on DMCA Section 1201 Study

The Copyright Office extended comment deadlines for its study of Digital Millennium Copyright Act Section 1201’s implementation. Initial comments are now due March 3 instead of Feb. 25, the CO said a notice in Friday's Federal Register. Replies are now due April 1 rather than March 25, the CO said. The study will include a review of the current triennial rulemaking process for granting exemptions to Section 1201's ban on circumvention of technological copy protection measures. The study also will examine existing permanent exemptions to the section, the law's anti-trafficking provisions and other Section 1201-related consumer issues (see 1512280030 and 1601050055).