COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY JACK BROOKS, Texas, Chairman DON EDWARDS, California BARNEY FRANK, Massachusetts HARLEY O. STAGGERS, JR., West Virginia JOHN BRYANT, Texas MEL LEVINE, California GEORGE E. SANGMEISTER, Illinois CRAIG A. WASHINGTON, Texas HAMILTON FISH, JR., New York CARLOS J. MOORHEAD, California HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., BILL MCCOLLUM, Florida 1402186 CONTENTS HEARING DATE Hughes, Hon. William J., a Representative in Congress from the State of New Jersey, and chairman, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Brown, David, president and owner, the Manhattan Project, Ltd. Gottlieb, Carl, screenwriter, on behalf of the Writers Guild of America, East Jaffe, Daniel L., executive vice president, Association of National Advertisers, Inc., on behalf of the Association of National Advertisers and the Mayer, Roger L., president and chief operating officer, Turner Entertainment Mrazek, Hon. Robert J., a Representative in Congress from the State of Peck, Robert, legislative counsel, American Civil Liberties Union Scorsese, Martin, film director, on behalf of the Directors Guild of America, Sherman, Charles E., senior vice president of television, National Association of Broadcasters, on behalf of the National Association of Broadcasters and the Association of Independent Television Stations ......... Silverstein, Elliot, film director, on behalf of the Directors Guild of America, Simpson, Hon. Alan K., a Senator in Congress from the State of Wyoming Wexler, Haskell, film director, Haskell Wexler Filmography, on behalf of the International Photographers Guild and the American Society of Cinematographers, Hollywood, CA....... Wise, Robert, film director, on behalf of the Directors Guild of America, LETTERS, STATEMENTS, ETC., SUBMITTED FOR THE HEARING Abt, Richard, general counsel, West Coast Video, on behalf of the Video Software Dealers Association, Philadelphia, PA: Prepared statement ............ Blasi, Vincent, Corliss Lamont Professor of Civil Liberties, Columbia University School of Law, New York, NY: Prepared statement Brown, David, president and owner, the Manhattan Project, Ltd.: Prepared 111 140 Gottlieb, Carl, screenwriter, on behalf of the Writers Guild of America, East 98 3 Jaffe, Daniel L., executive vice president, Association of National Advertisers, Mrazek, Hon. Robert J., a Representative in Congress from the State of Peck, Robert, legislative counsel, American Civil Liberties Union: Prepared statement ......... Scorsese, Martin, film director, on behalf of the Directors Guild of America, Simpson, Hon. Alan K., a Senator in Congress from the State of Wyoming: Wexler, Haskell, film director, Haskell Wexler Filmography, on behalf of Wise, Robert, film director, on behalf of the Directors Guild of America, ........ Letter to whom it may concern, from John Landis, director, March 2, APPENDIXES Appendix 1.-Statement of Hon. Mike Synar, a Representative in Congress Appendix 2.-Statement of the U.S. Trademark Association, March 5, 1992 Appendix 4.-Letter and statement from Daniel L. Jaffe, executive vice presi- .......... Appendix 5.-Letter from J. Nicholas Counter III, president, Alliance of Appendix 6.-Letter from Wendell L. Willkie II, General Counsel of the Appendix 7.-Letter from Arnold P. Lutzker, attorney, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, to Congressman Dan Glickman (with enclosures), April 10, 1992........... Appendix 8.-Report by the Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of of Commerce, "The Trademark Act of 1946 and Technologies for Alteration of Motion Pictures," March 15, 1989 207 208 215 221 226 228 236 245 |