Piracy of IP Hearing Today

This afternoon (Wed. May 25), at 2:30 PM, the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Intellectual Property will hold a hearing on Piracy of Intellectual Property.

The subcommittee expects testimony from two panels of witnesses.

• Marybeth Peters (Register of Copyrights and Associate Librarian for Copyright Services, United States Copyright Office)
• Stephen M. Pinkos (Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office)
• James E. Mendenhall (Acting General Counsel, Office of the United States Trade Representative)

• Eric Smith (President, International Intellectual Property Alliance)
• Taylor Hackford (Board Member, Directors Guild of America)
• Robert W. Holleyman II (President and Chief Executive Officer, Business Software Alliance)

The hearing will be held in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building and will be webcast.

Update: Ernest Miller listened to the hearing and suffered so that the rest of us didn't have to: Senate Judiciary IP Subcommitee Hearing On Int'l Copyright Infringement: "As I suspected the testimony of the person who is supposed to be neutral in these battles and represent the interests of the people was the most partisan of all. Marybeth Peters once again proved she is not fit to be Register of Copyrights. For example, whenever harmonization is an issue, she always pushes to ratchet up the protections of copyright law"