COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware, Chairman EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts HERBERT KOHL, Wisconsin STROM THURMOND, South Carolina ALAN K. SIMPSON, Wyoming RONALD A. KLAIN, Chief Counsel THADDEUS E. STROM, Minority Chief Counsel and Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS AND TRADEMARKS DENNIS DECONCINI, Arizona, Chairman EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah KAREN ROBB, Chief Counsel and Staff Director (II) CONTENTS Page STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS DeConcini, Hon. Dennis, a U.S. Senator from the State of Arizona Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES Ralph Oman, Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, accompanied by Elliot Alderman, Senior Attorney, General Counsel Robert J. Cohen, president, Video Monitoring Services of America, testifying on behalf of the International Association of Broadcast Monitors, New York, Harland W. Warner, president, Public Relations Society of America, Washing- L. Ray Patterson, Pope Brock Professor of Law, University of Georgia, Ath- Ed Moser, president, NewsCount, Phoenix, AZ David Nimmer, attorney, Irell & Manella, Los Angeles, CA, testifying on behalf of Turner Broadcasting System and the National Association of S. 1805, a bill to amend title 17, United States Code, to clarify news reporting monitoring as a fair use exception to the exclusive rights of a copyright |