Hughes, Hon. William J., a Representative in Congress from the State of

New Jersey, and chairman, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and

Judicial Administration

WITNESSES

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Berman, Jason S., president, Recording Industry Association of America, Inc.
Ficsor, Mihály, director, Copyright Department, World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO), Geneva, Switzerland

Hadl, Robert D., vice president and general counsel, MCA Inc.

Oman, Ralph, Register of Copyrights and Associate Librarian for Copyright

Services, Library of Congress, accompanied by Dorothy Schrader, General

Counsel, and Marybeth Peters, Policy Planning Adviser

Roth, Jay D., counsel, Directors Guild of America, Screen Actors Guild, AFL-
CIO, and Writers Guild of America, West, Burbank, CA ..........

Shapiro, Ira, General Counsel, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative............

Smith, Eric H., executive director and general counsel, International Intellec-

tual Property Alliance, accompanied by Jon Baumgarten, partner,

Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, on behalf of the Association of

American Publishers, and Robert Holleyman, president, Business Software

Alliance

LETTERS, STATEMENTS, ETC., SUBMITTED FOR THE HEARING

Berman, Jason S., president, Recording Industry Association of America, Inc.:

Prepared statement

Ficsor, Mihály, director, Copyright Department, World Intellectual Property

Organization (WIPO), Geneva, Switzerland: Prepared statement .....

Hadl, Robert D., vice president and general counsel, MCA Inc.: Prepared

statement

Moorhead, Hon. Carlos J., a Representative in Congress from the State of

California; Prepared statement .......

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Oman, Ralph, Register of Copyrights and Associate Librarian for Copyright

Services, Library of Congress: Prepared statement

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Roth, Jay D., counsel, Directors Guild of America, Screen Actors Guild, AFL-

CIO, and Writers Guild of America, West, Burbank, CA: Prepared

statement.....

Shapiro, Ira, General Counsel, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative:

Prepared statement .....

Smith, Eric H., executive director and general counsel, International

Intellectual Property Alliance: Prepared statement

APPENDIXES

Appendix 1.-Questions concerning a possible protocol to the Berne Conven-
tion for the protection of literary and artistic works, third session, Geneva,
June 21-25, 1993, submitted by Ralph Oman, Register of Copyrights and
Associate Librarian for Copyright Services

Appendix 2.-Statement of Ralph Oman, Register of Copyrights and Associate
Librarian for Copyright Services, May 27, 1993

Appendix 3.-Statement of Software Publishers Association on questions con-
cerning a possible protocol to the Berne Convention and questions concern-
ing a possibie instrument on the protection of rights of performers and
producers of phonograms, April 29, 1993

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