3042 7646 ENSURING CONTENT PROTECTION IN HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE INTERNET OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION APRIL 25, 2002 Serial No. 107-95 Printed for the use of the Committee on Energy and Commerce Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/house 79-464CC U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE W.J. "BILLY" TAUZIN, Louisiana, Chairman MICHAEL BILIRAKIS, Florida JOE BARTON, Texas FRED UPTON, Michigan JAMES C. GREENWOOD, Pennsylvania CHRISTOPHER COX, California RICHARD BURR, North Carolina ED WHITFIELD, Kentucky GREG GANSKE, Iowa CHARLIE NORWOOD, Georgia BARBARA CUBIN, Wyoming JOHN SHIMKUS, Illinois HEATHER WILSON, New Mexico CHARLES "CHIP" PICKERING, Mississippi VITO FOSSELLA, New York ROBERT L. EHRLICH, Jr., Maryland GEORGE RADANOVICH, California LEE TERRY, Nebraska ERNIE FLETCHER, Kentucky JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan BART GORDON, Tennessee BOBBY L. RUSH, Illinois ANNA G. ESHOO, California MICHAEL F. DOYLE, Pennsylvania LIBRARY OF CO AUG 08 2002 Blanford, Lawrence J., CEO, Philips Consumer Electronics Chernin, Peter, President and Chief Operating Officer, News Corpora- Jacobson, Larry, President and Chief Operating Officer, RealNetworks Liao, Paul F., Chief Technology Officer, Panasonic/Matsushita Electric Litai, Assaf, Founder and Acting CEO, Vidius Parsons, Richard D., Co-Chief Operating Officer, AOL Time Warner Inc Association for Competitive Technology, prepared statement of Griffin, Steve, CEO and Chairman, StreamCast Networks, Inc., prepared Rosen, Hillary,, President and CEO, Recording Industry Association of Valenti, Jack, President and CEO, Motion Picture Association of America, Video Software Dealers Association, prepared statement of ENSURING CONTENT PROTECTION IN THE DIGITAL AGE THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2002 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND THE INTERNET, The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 12:30 p.m., in room 2123, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Fred Upton (chairman) presiding. Members present: Representatives Upton, Barton, Stearns, Gillmor, Deal, Shimkus, Fossella, Davis, Bass, Terry, Tauzin (ex officio), Markey, Eshoo, Engel, Green, McCarthy, Luther, Harman, Boucher, and Sawyer. Also present: Representative Walden. Staff present: Jessica Wallace, majority counsel; Linda BlossBaum, majority counsel; Will Nordwind, majority counsel; Hollyn Kidd, legislative clerk; Andy Levin, minority counsel; and Brendan Kelsay, minority professional staff. Mr. UPTON. Today's hearing is on ensuring content protection in the digital age, and while our inquiry starts with the important question of how this impacts the transition to digital television, our subcommittee's interest is, of course, much broader. The DTV transition deadline of 2006 is fast approaching. So time is of the essence. This hearing follows on the heels of several lengthy DTV roundtables which Chairman Tauzin held with myself, Mr. Dingell, and Mr. Markey, at which representatives of the major, relevant industries discussed, sometimes fiercely debated, the obstacles which stand in the way of a successful and timely transition to digital television and how we can overcome those obstacles. Many issues, such as cable compatibility and must carry, have been touched upon in our roundtables, but perhaps the one issue that has dominated the agenda has been content protection. Clearly, this issue needs to be addressed if we are to succeed with the transition. I truly believe that the best solution is a private sector solution. Yet inter-industry agreements have been elusive to date. I know, through over 8 hours of roundtables, that these issues are complex both legally and technologically. But if we can put a man on the moon, then I am optimistic that, with the right amount of pressure from Congress, the industries, and consumers, which have the best (1) |