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  • From: tom poe <tompoe AT amihost.com>
  • To: "DMCA_Discuss AT lists.microshaft.org" <DMCA_Discuss AT lists.microshaft.org>
  • Cc: Community Studios <community_studios AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Community_studios] Them's fightin' words . . . .
  • Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2003 19:36:58 -0000

From:
ftp://ftp.loc.gov/pub/thomas/cp105/sr190.txt
DMCA Legislative History
Senate Report 105-190
May 11, 1998
"Consequently, the DMCA enjoys widespread support from the motion
picture, recording, software, and publishing industries, as well as the
telephone companies, long distance carriers, and other OSP's and ISP's.
It is also supported by the Information Technology Industry Council,
which includes the leading computer hardware manufacturers, and by
representatives of individual creators, such as the Writers Guild, the
Directors Guild, the Screen Actors Guild, and the American Federation of
Television and Radio Artists. The breadth of support for this bill is
reflected in the unanimous roll call vote (18 0) by which the DMCA was
reported out of Committee."

That's because, as they explain . . . .
"Shortly thereafter, [ED. earlier, in the Fall of 1997] a series of
hearings were held in the House on these issues as well as on the issue
of WIPO implementation. The Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual
Property of the House Judiciary Committee held two days of hearings on
H.R. 2281, the WIPO Copyright Treaties Implementation Act, and H.R.
2180, the Online Copyright Liability Limitation Act, on September 16 and
17, 1997. Bruce Lehman, Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner
of Patents and Trademarks, Patent and Trademark Office, and Marybeth
Peters, Register of Copyrights, Copyright Office of the United States,
Library of Congress testified on behalf of the Administration. The
Subcommittee also heard testimony from Roy Neel, President and Chief
Executive Officer, United States Telephone Association; Jack Valenti,
President and Chief Executive Officer, Motion Picture Association
ofAmerica; Robert Holleyman, II, President, Business Software Alliance;
M.R.C. Greenwood, Chancellor, University of California, Santa Cruz, on
behalf of the Association of American Universities and the National
Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges; Tushar Patel,
Vice President and Managing Director, USWeb, Lawrence Kenswil, Executive
Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs, Universal Music Group; Marc
Jacobson, General Counsel, Prodigy Services, Inc.; Ken Wasch, President,
Software Publishers Association; Ronald G. Dunn, President, Information
Industry Association; John Bettis, Songwriter, on behalf of the American
Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers; Allee Willis, Songwriter,
on behalf of Broadcast Music, Inc.(BMI); Robert L. Oakley, Professor of
Law, Georgetown University Law Center and Director, Georgetown Law
Library, on behalf of a Coalition of Library and Educational
Organizations; Johnny Cash, Vocal Artist, with Hilary Rosen, President
and Chief Executive Officer, Recording Industry Association of America;
Allan Adler, Vice President, Legal and Governmental Affairs, Association
of American Publishers; Gail Markels, General Counsel and Senior Vice
President, Interactive Digital Software Association; Mike Kirk,
Executive Director, American Intellectual Property Law Association;
Thomas Ryan, President, SciTech Software, Inc.; Mark Belinsky, Vice
President Copy Protection Group, Macrovision, Inc.; Douglas Bennett,
President, Earlham College, Vice President, American Council of Learned
Societies, on behalf of the Digital Futures Coalition; Edward J. Black,
President, Computer and Communications Industry Association; Christopher
Byrne, Director of Intellectual Property, Silicon Graphics, Inc., on
behalf of the Information Technology Industry Council; and Gary Shapiro,
President, Consumer Electronics Manufacturer's Association, and
Chairman, Home Recording Rights Coalition."
- - -
Our elected officials wanted to make sure American citizens had their
voice heard, so they invited Gary Shapiro to the hearings. Way to go
Hatch and Berman! Hey, Marybeth, keep up the good work! Nice to know
you're sincere, honest, ethical, and just one of the good 'ol boys!
Thanks,
Tom Poe
Open Studios
Reno, NV
http://www.studioforrecording.org/








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