Copyright

This document, known as DMCA Notice-and-Takedown Processes:  List of Good, Bad and Situational Practices, was developed by the participants in the multistakeholder forum established as a result of the Commerce Department's Green Paper on Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy, released in 2013.  The document identifies a number of “good”, “bad” and “situational” practices to improve the efficiency of the handling and processing of DMCA not

The Internet Policy Task Force will hold a public meeting on April 1, 2015, to explore further development of a robust online licensing environment, focusing specifically on how the Government can assist in facilitating the development and use of standard identifiers for all types of works of authorship, interoperability among databases and systems used to identify owners of rights and terms of use, and a possible portal for linking to such databases and to licensing platforms.

On April 18, 2014, the Department of Commerce's Internet Policy Task Force (Task Force) announced its plan to hold four roundtables in cities across the United States in May, June, and July 2014 regarding the topics as set forth in the Green Paper on Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy (Green Paper). This notice announces the location of the third meeting to be held in Los Angeles, California on July 29, 2014, and provides an update to the location of the fourth meeting to be held in Berkeley, California on July 30, 2014.