CO Extends Comments Deadline for Moral Rights Study, Withdraws Part of PII Removal Rule

The Copyright Office is extending to March 30 the comment deadline for its study on how existing U.S. law protects the moral rights of attribution and integrity. The study, initiated in January, will examine whether changes in U.S. law are needed to protect moral rights (see 1701230061). Replies are now due May 15, the CO said in a notice set to run in Thursday's Federal Register. The CO separately said in Wednesday's Federal Register it's withdrawing a portion of its final rule allowing an author, claimant to a copyright or representatives to ask the office to remove “extraneous and unnecessary” personally identifiable information from online versions of their copyright application (see 1702020030). The CO said it was withdrawing it because a separate rule that adopted technical amendments to the office’s regulations for registration, recordation, licensing and other services (see 1702060043) already updated some of the rules changes.