CO's Section 1201 Roundtables To Focus on Presumptive Exemptions Renewal, Review Process

The Copyright Office’s two upcoming roundtables on its study of Digital Millennium Copyright Act Section 1201 will partially focus on how to improve the CO’s triennial review process for Section 1201 exemptions and on a proposal to allow presumptive renewal of previously granted exemptions, the CO said in agendas released Wednesday. One of the CO’s Section 1201 meetings will be May 19-20 at the Library of Congress’ James Madison Building in Washington. The other will be May 25 at University of California Hastings College of Law in San Francisco, the CO said. Both roundtable discussions also will examine how Section 1201 affects consumer issues and competition, along with the section’s anti-trafficking provisions.