COURTS, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY ONE HUNDRED FIRST CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JANUARY 9, 1990 Serial No. 131 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary 38-276 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1991 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY JACK BROOKS, ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER, Wisconsin BARNEY FRANK, Massachusetts HARLEY O. STAGGERS, JR., West Virginia JOHN BRYANT, Texas BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland MEL LEVINE, California GEORGE E. SANGMEISTER, Illinois CRAIG A. WASHINGTON, Texas Texas, Chairman HAMILTON FISH, JR., New York F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., BILL MCCOLLUM, Florida GEORGE W. GEKAS, Pennsylvania MICHAEL DEWINE, Ohio WILLIAM E. DANNEMEYER, California HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina D. FRENCH SLAUGHTER, JR., Virginia CHUCK DOUGLAS, New Hampshire TOM CAMPBELL, California WILLIAM M. JONES, General Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF Kastenmeier, Hon. Robert W., a Representative in Congress from the State of Wisconsin, and chairman, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Dante, Joe, director, on behalf of the Directors Guild of America, accompa- nied by Elliot Silverstein, chairman, President's Commission, Directors FitzSimons, Charles B., executive director, Producers Guild of America, Inc..... Fraker, William A., cinematographer, on behalf of the American Society of Cinematographers and the American Society of Film Editors, accompanied by David W. Fleming, counsel, American Society of Cinematographers, and Jack Cooperman, vice president, American Society of Cinematographers... Mayer, Roger L., president and chief operating officer, Turner Entertainment Nolan, Peter F., vice president-counsel, the Walt Disney Co., on behalf of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc... Robinson, Phil Alden, screenwriter, on behalf of the Writers Guild of America Sherman, Charles E., senior vice president for television, National Association of Broadcasters, on behalf of the NAB and the Association of Independent Stanley, Frank W., president emeritus, International Photographers Guild, accompanied by Bruce C. Goering, business representative, International LETTERS, STATEMENTS, ETC., SUBMITTED FOR THE HEARING Berman, Hon. Howard L., a Representative in Congress from the State of |