COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY JACK BROOKS, Texas, Chairman ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER, Wisconsin BARNEY FRANK, Massachusetts HARLEY O. STAGGERS, JR., West Virginia BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland MEL LEVINE, California GEORGE E. SANGMEISTER, Illinois CRAIG A. WASHINGTON, Texas HAMILTON FISH, JR., New York F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., BILL MCCOLLUM, Florida GEORGE W. GEKAS, Pennsylvania WILLIAM E. DANNEMEYER, California 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 Guild of America............... 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 Robinson, Phil Alden, screenwriter, on behalf of the Writers Guild of America Stanley, Frank W., president emeritus, International Photographers Guild, accompanied by Bruce C. Goering, business representative, International Photographers Guild................ LETTERS, STATEMENTS, ETC., SUBMITTED FOR THE HEARING Berman, Hon. Howard L., a Representative in Congress from the State of Dante, Joe, director, on behalf of the Directors Guild of America: "Brief on the Autonomy of Motion Picture Adaptations of Literary Fic- 217 Fraker, William, A., cinematographer, on behalf of the American Society of Cinematographers and the American Society of Film Editors: Prepared Kastenmeier, Hon. Robert W., a Representative in Congress from the State of Mayer, Roger L., president and chief operating officer, Turner Entertainment Nolan, Peter F., vice president-counsel, the Walt Disney Co., on behalf of the Prepared statement of J. Nicholas Counter III, president, Alliance of Robinson, Phil Alden, screenwriter, on behalf of the Writers Guild of America: Prepared statement........... Sherman, Charles E., senior vice president for television, National Association of Broadcasters, on behalf of the NAB and the Association of Independent Television Stations [INTV]: Prepared statement...... Stanley, Frank W., president emeritus, International Photographers Guild: Synar, Hon. Mike, a Representative in Congress from the State of Oklahoma: 4 66 15 141 9 Register of Copyrights, U.S. Copyright Office: Report, "Technological Alter- ations to Motion Pictures and Other Audiovisual Works: Implications for Creators, Copyright Owners, and Consumers" (March 1989)..... Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce: Report, "The Trademark Act of 1946 and Technologies for Alteration of Motion Pictures" (March 15, 1989)................ 134 Cong. Rec. H4614 (daily ed., June 22, 1988) (remarks of Robert W. H.R. 4897, 100th Cong., 2d Sess. (1988). H.R. 2400, 100th Cong., 1st Sess. (1987). Baumgarten, Jon, Esq., Robert Gorman, Esq., and Christopher A. Meyer, Esq., Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn, Washington, DC, "Preserving the Genius of the System: A Critical Examination of the Introduction of Moral Rights Into United States Law" (September 11, 1989)........... Rosenzweig, Barney, executive vice president and chairman, Television Divi- sion, Weintraub Entertainment Group, Inc., Los Angeles, CA: Letter to |