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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  03-  18 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Digital  Broadcast  Copy  Protection 
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 MB  Docket  No.  02-  230 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  January  2,  2003  Released:  January  3,  2003 
 By  the  Chief,  Media  Bureau: 
 1.  On  August  9,  2002,  the  Commission  released  a  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  (“  NPRM”)  seeking  comment  on  whether  a  regulatory  copy  protection  regime  is  needed  to  protect  digital 


 broadcast  television.  1  The  NPRM  states  that  interested  parties  may  file  comments  by  October  30,  2002,  and  reply  comments  by  December  13,  2002.  By  an  Order  dated  October  11,  2002,  the  Media  Bureau 
 granted  an  extension  request  filed  by  Public  Knowledge,  the  Center  for  Democracy  and  Technology  and  Consumers  Union  to  extend  the  deadline  for  filing  comments  and  reply  comments  in  this  proceeding  to 
 December  6,  2002,  and  January  17,  2003,  respectively.  2 
 2.  On  December  19,  2002,  the  American  Library  Association,  the  American  Association  of  Law  Libraries,  the  Association  of  Research  Libraries,  the  Medical  Library  Association  and  the  Special 


 Library  Association  (collectively,  “Libraries”)  filed  a  motion  to  extend  the  deadline  for  filing  reply  comments  in  this  proceeding  to  March  17,  2003.  Specifically,  Libraries  request  an  extension  of  time  in 
 order  to  allow  it  to  complete  a  review  of  the  numerous  comments  filed  in  response  to  the  NPRM.  3 
 3.  It  is  not  Commission  policy  to  routinely  grant  extensions  of  time.  4  However,  to  allow  parties  to  submit  reply  comments  that  will  result  in  a  more  fully-  developed  record,  the  Media  Bureau  will 


 grant  a  limited  extension  of  the  deadline  for  filing  reply  comments  to  February  18,  2003. 


 1  Digital  Broadcast  Copy  Protection,  MB  Docket  No.  02-  230,  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  (rel.  Aug.  9,  2002). 
 2  Digital  Broadcast  Copy  Protection,  MB  Docket  No.  02-  230,  Order  (rel.  Oct.  11,  2002). 
 3  Digital  Broadcast  Copy  Protection,  MB  Docket  No.  02-  230,  Request  for  Extension  of  Time  Until  March  17,  2003 
 In  Which  to  File  Reply  Comments  (filed  Dec.  19,  2002)  (“  Request  for  Extension”).  4 
 See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46(  a). 
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 4.  IT  IS  ORDERED  that,  pursuant  to  Sections  4(  i),  4(  j)  and  5(  c)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  154(  i),  154(  j)  and  155(  c),  and  Sections  0.61,  0.283,  and  1.46  of 
 the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.  61,  0.283,  and  1.46,  the  request  for  extension  of  time  filed  by  the  American  Library  Association,  the  American  Association  of  Law  Libraries,  the  Association  of  Research 
 Libraries,  the  Medical  Library  Association  and  the  Special  Library  Association  IS  GRANTED  to  the  extent  described  herein. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 W.  Kenneth  Ferree  Chief,  Media  Bureau 
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