U.S. Copyright Office
Library of Congress
Anticircumvention Rulemaking Hearings Schedule

Washington, D.C., Hearing Agenda

April 11, 2003

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1. Filtering Software

David Burt, N2H2, Inc., Bsafe Online, and 8e6 Technologies
Seth Finkelstein
Jonathan Band, American Association of Law Libraries, ALA, ARL, MLA, and the SLA

2. Red Book CDs and Ephemeral Copies

Steve Englund, Recording Industry Association of America
Seth Greenstein, Digital Media Association
Thomas Leavens, Full Audio Corporation

May 1

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2:00 p.m.

Exemption for literary works/eBooks for persons with disabilities

Paul Schroeder, American Foundation for the Blind
Jonathan Band, American Association of Law Libraries, ALA, ARL, MLA, and the SLA
Robert Bolick, McGraw-Hill Professional
Allan Adler, Association of American Publishers

May 2

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9:30 a.m.

1. Motion pictures and audiovisual works:

DVD tethering/alternative platforms
DVD backups/noninfringing uses
DVD/Video Game Region Coding

Robert Moore, 321 Studios.com, Inc.
Rubin Safir, New Yorkers for Fair Use
Michael Einhorn, Ph.D., Economist
Phil Gengler
Bruce Turnbull, DVD Copy Control Association
Shira Perlmutter, AOL Time Warner
Fritz Attaway, Motion Picture Association of America
Stevan Mitchell, Interactive Digital Software Association

2. Literary works:

Damaged, malfunctioning, obsolete
Other noninfringing uses

Joe Montoro, Spectrum Software
Shawn Hernan, CERT Coordination Center
Jonathan Band, American Association of Law Libraries, ALA, ARL, MLA, and the SLA
Jay Sulzberger, New Yorkers for Fair Use
Chris Mohr, Reed Elsevier Inc.
Keith Kupferschmid, Sofware Information & Industry Association
Emery Simon, Business Software Alliance

May 9

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9:30 a.m.

1. Static Control Component Proposals

 

 

Seth Greenstein, Static Control Components, Inc.

Jane Ginsburg, Morton L. Janklow Professor of Literary and Artistic Property Law, Columbia University School of Law

Ralph Oman, Lexmark International, Inc.

 

2 . Broadcast News Monitoring Proposal

 

 

 

Todd Murphy and Pro Sherman, International Association of Broadcast Monitors

Seth Schoen, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Troy Dow, The Walt Disney Company and The ABC Television Network

Jerold Fritz, Allbritton Communications Company and the National Association of Broadcasters

 


Los Angeles, CA, Hearing Agenda

May14

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9:00 a.m.

1. Literary works:

Lists of websites contained in Censorware Software

James Tyre, The Censorware Project

Steve Metalitz, Joint Reply Commenters


2. Literary works:

Damaged, malfunctioning, obsolete
Research, Security and other noninfringing uses

Brewster Kahle, The Internet Archive

Barbara Simons, The Association for Computing Machinery

George Ziemann

Steve Metalitz, Joint Reply Commenters


3. Sound recordings and musical works:

Copy Protected CDs

 

 

 

Gwen Hinze and Ren Bucholz, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Robin Gross, IP Justice

Steven Marks, RIAA

Mark Belinsky, Macrovision, Inc.

May 15

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9:00 a.m

1. Audiovisual works and motion pictures:

DVD - Tethered/alternative platforms
DVD - Noninfringing uses

 

Mia Garlick and Robin Gross, IP Justice

Gwen Hinze and Ren Bucholz, EFF

Bill Krepick, Macrovision, Inc.

Dean Marks, AOL Time Warner

Steve Metalitz, Joint Reply Commenters


2. Audiovisual works and motion pictures:

DVD - Ancillary or sole source material
DVD - Public domain

 

Gwen Hinze and Ren Bucholz, EFF

Ernest Miller, Information Society Project, Yale Law School

Kathy Gamezy, Directors Guild of America

Dean Marks, AOL Time Warner

Steve Metalitz, Joint Reply Commenters


3. Audiovisual works and motion pictures:

DVD - Region Coding

Gwen Hinze and Ren Bucholz, EFF

Mia Garlick and Robin Gross, IP Justice

Dean Marks, AOL Time Warner

Steve Metalitz, Joint Reply Commenters