Exemptions To Permit Circumvention of Access Controls on Copyrighted Works

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Library of Congress Copyright Office 37 CFR Part 201 [Docket No. 2026-4] AGENCY: U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress. ACTION: Notification of inquiry and request for petitions. SUMMARY: The United States Copyright Office is initiating the tenth triennial rulemaking proceeding under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) to determine whether to recommend temporary exemptions to the DMCA's prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. The Office is accepting petitions for renewal of current exemptions and petitions for new exemptions, and will subsequently accept comments in response to renewal petitions. DATES: Written petitions for new exemptions and written petitions for renewal of current exemptions must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on August 24, 2026. Written comments in response to petitions for renewal must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on September 28, 2026. ADDRESSES: Written petitions for renewal of current exemptions must be completed using the form provided on the Copyright Office's website at https://www.copyright.gov/​1201/​2027/​renewal-petition . Written petitions proposing new exemptions must be completed using the form provided on the Office's website at https://www.copyright.gov/​1201/​2027/​new-petition . The Office is using the regulations.gov system for the submission and posting of public petitions …