Access to Electronic Works

Post publish date: October 2, 2023

Copyright Alliance submitted comments in response to the U.S. Copyright Office’s notice of proposed rulemaking regarding updates to the regulations governing access to electronic deposits of published works submitted to the Office that have been selected for addition to the collections of the Library of Congress regarding updates to the regulations governing access to electronic deposits of published works submitted to the Office that have been selected for addition to the collections of the Library of Congress. The comments point out that the rulemaking is premature and that commensurate with the gravity of the issues introduced by the expansive scope of the proposed rule, further examinations of, critical updates to, and consultations on the registration and deposit systems and the Library’s security systems, programs, and practices are paramount.