Section 109 Hearing Schedule and Panel Composition
Section 109 of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act
(SHVERA) of 2004, requires the Register of Copyrights to prepare a report
for Congress regarding the operation and revision of the Sections 111, 119,
and 122 statutory licenses under the Copyright Act, including her findings
and recommendations.
The Copyright Office issued a Notice
of Inquiry to begin efforts
to collect information necessary to address the issues posed by Congress
in Section 109 of the SHVERA. The Copyright Office held hearings on
matters raised in the Notice of
Inquiry on
July 23-July 25, 2007 to further supplement the record. Interested parties
were provided an opportunity to testify at the hearings and respond to
testimony submitted at those hearings.
All panels were two-hour sessions.
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Monday,
July 23 at 10:00 am
Section 111 Panel |
|
Diane Burstein
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel
National Cable and Telecommunications Association
Christopher Cinnamon
For American Cable Association |
|
2-Hour
Break |
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Monday, July 23
at 2:00 pm
Section 119 & Section 122 Panel |
|
Mike Mountford
President
National Programming Service (C-Band Satellite)
Michael Nilsson Harris,
Wiltshire & Grannis LLP
For DirecTV
Stanton Dodge
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
&
Eric Sahl Senior
Vice President, Programming
Echostar |
|
Tuesday, July 24
at 10:00 am
Broadcast Station Panel on the Statutory
Licenses |
|
James F. Goodmon
President & CEO
Capitol Broadcasting
John Stewart & Charles Sennet
For National Association of Broadcasters |
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| 2-Hour Break |
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Tuesday, July 24 at 2:00 pm
Program Content Panel on the Statutory Licenses |
|
Fritz E. Attaway
Executive Vice President and Special Policy Advisor
Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.
Preston Padden
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Government Relations
Walt Disney
Thomas Ostertag
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Office of the Commissioner of Baseball
&
Robert Garrett
Arnold & Porter
For Joint Sports Claimants |
|
Wednesday, July 25 at 10:00 am
The Internet, New Technologies, and the Future of the Statutory
Licenses |
|
Sarah B. Deutsch
Vice President & Associate General Counsel
Verizon
Bruce Byrd
Vice President & General Counsel-Washington
AT&T |
|
Wednesday, July 25, at 2:00 pm
Closing Remarks |
|
All panelists are invited to participate
in this session. Panelists may present closing remarks. Attendance is
not mandatory. |
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| There were no hearings on
Thursday, July 26. |
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