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 -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Leggett, Stephen C Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 2:37 PM To: [log in to unmask] 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> ======================= Steve Leggett Liaison Specialist/Program Coordinator National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) http://www.loc.gov/film National Recording Preservation Board (NRPB) http://www.loc.gov/nrpb Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation 19053 Mt. Pony Road Culpeper, VA 22701 p: 202/707-5912 f: 202/707-0848 email: [log in to unmask] 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