On December 22, the U.S. Copyright Office published a Federal Register Nortice “announcing a series of consultations on technical measures that identify or protect copyrighted works.” The consultations will address current and forthcoming technologies that may be used for these purposes, including technology availability, use-cases, and limitations. The Office plans to hold a plenary session to launch consultations on February 22, to be followed by smaller sectoral consultations thereafter. The deadline to submit statements of interest to participate in the consultations, as well as a response to at least one of the questions in the notice, must be received by February 8. Written comments submitted for the record are also due by February 8. Additional information is available here.