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3 85 FR 33735 (June 2, 2020). 

upon the prior symposium and 

comparative report.3 The Office 

received two rounds of public 

comments in August 2020. Information 

about the study, including the NOI, 

public comments, symposium materials, 

and comparative report may be accessed 

on the Office’s website at https://

www.copyright.gov/policy/unclaimedroyalties/. 

The Office will now hold roundtable 

discussions to allow interested members 

of the public to discuss and provide 

additional information on the topics of 

the study. The Office also will provide 

sign-up information for members of the 

public who wish to observe, but not 

participate in, one or more of the 

roundtable sessions. The sessions will 

be video recorded and transcribed, and 

copies of the recording and transcript 

will be made available on the Office’s 

website. 

A. Submitting Requests To Participate 

A request to participate should be 

submitted to the Office using the form 

on the Office’s website indicated in the 

ADDRESSES section above by February 

26, 2021. Shortly thereafter, the Office 

will notify participants of their selection 

and session assignments. In order to 

accommodate the expected level of 

interest, the Office plans to assign no 

more than one representative per 

organization to each session. If multiple 

persons from the same organization 

wish to participate on different issues, 

each should submit a separate request. 

Depending upon the number and nature 

of the requests, the Office may not be 

able to accommodate all requests to 

participate. 

The public roundtables will offer an 

opportunity for interested parties to 

comment on the information submitted 

to the Office to date and offer additional 

views concerning the best practices the 

MLC may implement to reduce the 

incidence of unclaimed royalties. While 

the Office will tailor sessions based on 

expressions of interest, it expects that 

sessions will address various issues 

related to data matching and 

identification of musical work copyright 

owners; user experience and 

accessibility of the public database and 

claiming portal; education and outreach 

to promote awareness and encourage 

royalty claiming; and holding and 

distribution of accrued royalties. 

Although the primary focus of the 

statutorily-mandated study must remain 

on best practices the Office may 

recommend for the MLC to consider in 

order to reduce the overall incidence of 

unclaimed accrued royalties, the Office 

will also entertain discussion of how 

other actors in the music ecosystem may 

support the successful administration of 

the section 115 blanket license. 

All requests to participate must 

clearly identify: 

• The name of the person desiring to 

participate; 

• The organization or organizations 

represented, if any; 

• Contact information; and 

• A two- to three-sentence summary 

of the substantive issues the participant 

expects to discuss. 

Following receipt of the requests to 

participate, the Office will prepare an 

agenda listing the participants, dates, 

and times for each session. These will 

be circulated to participants and posted 

at https://www.copyright.gov/policy/ 

unclaimed-royalties/roundtable on or 

about March 18, 2021. 

B. Format of Public Roundtables 

Each roundtable session will cover a 

topic relevant to the study, as discussed 

above. Depending on the level of 

interest, the Office may hold multiple 

sessions on the same topic to 

accommodate a greater number of 

participants and provide additional time 

for discussion. Following a discussion 

of the various agenda topics by 

roundtable participants, members of the 

public will be provided a limited 

opportunity to offer additional 

comments for the record, but parties 

who wish to provide detailed 

information to the Office are encouraged 

to submit a request to participate. 

Dated: February 2, 2021. 

Regan A. Smith, 

General Counsel and Associate Register of 

Copyrights. 

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following meeting: 

Name and Committee Code: 

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