http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/113th/hear_07252013.html


Copyright Hearing July 25
Hearing Information

Subject: Innovation in America: The Role of Copyrights

Thursday 7/25/2013 - 9:30 a.m.

2141 Rayburn House Office Building

Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet

By Direction of the Chairman
	  	  	


Witness List
 

Sandra Aistars

Executive Director, Copyright Alliance

Eugene Mopsik

Executive Director, American Society of Media Photographers

Tor Hansen

Co-Founder, Yep Roc Records / Red Eye Distribution

John Lapham

General Counsel, Getty Images

William Sherak

President, Stereo D

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Subject: [ARSCLIST] Copyright Matters Program July 29 Washington, DC Event

http://www.copyright.gov/copyrightmatters.html

Copyright Conversations with the United Kingdom

July 29, 2013
10 a.m (ET)
Coolidge Auditorium
Library of Congress
Jefferson Building

Event Description

The U.S. Copyright Office will present a Copyright Matters program on July 29, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. Entitled Copyright Conversations with the United Kingdom, the program will be held in the Library of Congress Mumford Room, located on the 6th floor of the James Madison Memorial Building, 101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, D.C. Please allow time to enter the building and pass through security. The Mumford Room is accessible through the central elevator bank, closest to Independence Avenue.

The program will feature John Alty, chief executive officer and comptroller general of the Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom as well as Neil Feinson, director of international policy and Adam Williams, deputy director of international policy. In a conversation with Register of Copyrights Maria A. Pallante and senior officials of the U.S. Copyright Office, the panelists will discuss current copyright policy issues facing the United Kingdom and the United States, such as orphan works, extended collective licensing, small claims and recent efforts in both countries to update the copyright legal system for the digital age. The event is free and open to the public.

Speakers
*         John Alty<http://www.copyright.gov/copyrightmatters/speakers/convo_john.html>
*         Neil Feinson<http://www.copyright.gov/copyrightmatters/speakers/convo_neil.html>
*         Adam Williams<http://www.copyright.gov/copyrightmatters/speakers/convo_adam.html>
Past Events
*         May 6, 2013<http://www.copyright.gov/copyrightmatters/cmatters.html>
*         April 24, 2013<http://www.copyright.gov/copyrightmatters/world_ip.html>
*         February 5, 2013<http://www.copyright.gov/copyrightmatters/best_practice.html>
*         More Events<http://www.copyright.gov/copyrightmatters/pastevents.html>

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Steve Leggett
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Also visit the web site of the NFPB's charitable affiliate, the National Film Preservation Foundation at http://www.filmpreservation.org And coming soon: the National Recording Preservation Foundation