Negotiating Objectives Regarding Modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico

U.S. Trade Representative

SUMMARY: The Copyright Alliance submitted comments in response to the U.S. Trade Representative's request for comments on negotiations with Canada and Mexico regarding modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). .

Global Digital Trade I: Market Opportunities and Key Foreign Trade Restrictions

U.S. International Trade Commission

SUMMARY: The Copyright Alliance submitted comments in response to the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC) request for comments on Global Digital Trade I: Market Opportunities and Key Foreign Trade Restrictions.

Section 512 Study - Empirical Research

U.S. Copyright Office

SUMMARY: The Copyright Alliance conducted a survey and submitted a report to the Copyright Office in response to its request for empirical research regarding a study on DMCA Section 512, which combats copyright infringement online.

Study of Section 512 - Additional Comments

U.S. Copyright Office

SUMMARY: The Copyright Alliance submitted comments to the Copyright Office in response to its request for additional comments regarding a study on DMCA Section 512, which combats copyright infringement online.

Group Registration of Photographs

U.S. Copyright Office

SUMMARY: The Copyright Alliance submitted comments to the Copyright Office in support of their efforts to ensure that the registration process is less burdensome on visual artists so that more creators can take advantage of the legal protections registration affords, which in turn improves the public record provided by the registration system.

Study of Section 1201 - Reply Comments

U.S. Copyright Office

SUMMARY: The Copyright Alliance submitted reply comments to the Copyright Office in response to its request for additional comments regarding a study on Section 1201, which prohibits circumvention of technological protection measures.

Study of Section 1201 - Additional Comments

U.S. Copyright Office

SUMMARY: The Copyright Alliance submitted additional comments to the Copyright Office in response to its request for additional comments regarding a study on Section 1201, which prohibits circumvention of technological protection measures.

Removal of Personally Identifiable Information from Registration Records

U.S. Copyright Office

SUMMARY: The Copyright Alliance filed comments in support of the Copyright Office's proposal to allow for the removal of personally identifiable information (PII) from registration records. The comments also outline additional recommendations.

Expanding Consumers’ Video Navigation Choices and Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices

Federal Communications Commission

SUMMARY: The Copyright Alliance filed comments with the FCC to highlight a letter from Register of Copyrights Maria A. Pallante which identified a number of deficiencies in the proposed requirements set forth in the NPRM for multichannel video programming distributors (“MVPDs”) to provide their programming content and other data to third-party manufacturers and apps developers without a license or fee.

Mandatory Deposit of Electronic Books and Sound Recordings Available Only Online

U.S. Copyright Office

SUMMARY: The Copyright Alliance supports the Library of Congress’s efforts to build its collections but raise questions relating to the Library’s eCollections strategy that should be addressed before it expands the Interim Rule regarding mandatory deposit of electronic books and sound recordings available only online.