United States FILM INTEGRITY ACT OF 1987 3206 HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE OF THE ANGE & GIFT DIVISION COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY ONE HUNDREDTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.R. 2400 FILM INTEGRITY ACT OF 1987 JUNE 21, 1988 Serial No. 107 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary 90-655 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY PETER W. RODINO, JR., New Jersey, Chairman JACK BROOKS, Texas BARNEY FRANK, Massachusetts HARLEY O. STAGGERS, JR., West Virginia BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland HAMILTON FISH, JR., New York BILL MCCOLLUM, Florida WILLIAM E. DANNEMEYER, California D. FRENCH SLAUGHTER, JR., Virginia LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas M. ELAINE MIELKE, General Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS, Civil Liberties, AND THE Administration of JUSTICE Statement of the Honorable Robert W. Kastenmeier, a Representative in Congress from the State of Wisconsin; Chairman, Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice. Statement of the Honorable Carlos J. Moorhead, a Representative in Congress Ralph Oman, Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, accompanied by Prepared statement David Brown, Film Producer, on behalf of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, and The Manhattan Project Ltd., accompanied by Jon Baumgarten, Esq., Pros- Roger L. Mayer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Turner Entertain- ment Company, a subsidiary of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., accompa- nied by Jon Baumgarten, Esq., Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn. Letter from Bertram W. Carp, Vice President for Government Affairs, Wash- ington Corporate Office, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., Washington, DC, to Chairman Kastenmeier (June 21, 1988), with attached "Comments on the Mrazek Amendment by Turner Broadcasting System, Inc." (June 21, Letter from Burton V. Wides, Esq., Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, DC, and Legislative Council, Video Software Dealers Associa- tion, to Chairman Kastenmeier (June 21, 1988), with attached letter from Charles B. Ruttenberg, General Counsel, Video Software Dealers Associa- tion, and Mr. Wides, to the Honorable Jamie L. Whitten, Chairman, Com- mittee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives (June 15, 1988), (III) |