19 June 2000
Source: Craig Markwardt / craigmnet@cow.physics.wisc.edu /

DMCA Hearings by U.S. Copyright Office on Exemptions from Prohibition on Circumvention of Technological Measures

Here are the transcripts of the testimony at public hearings held May 2-4, 2000, in Washington, D.C., and May 18-19, 2000, in Stanford, California.

The hearings regard exemptions to the Section 1201 ban on circumvention of access control technologies, enacted by the Digital Millenium Copyright Act in 1998. Original testimony is available at the official U.S. Copyright Office web page in Real Audio, PDF and RTF formats. The same information is presented here in HTML format for easy browsing.

• May 2: Washington, D.C.
  • Peter Jaszi (Digital Future Coalition); Sarah Wiant (American Association of Law Libraries); Betty Landesman (D.C. Library Association); Christopher A. Mohr (American Business Pres); David Mirchin (SilverPlatter); Joseph Montoro (Spectrum Software); Keith Kupferschmid (Software & Information Industry Assoc.)
• May 3: Washington, D.C.
  • Cary Sherman (RIAA); Robert Hildeman (Streambox); Rodney Petersen (University of Maryland); Aline Soules (University of Michigan); Consortium of College and University Media Centers (Diana Vogelsong, Jeff Clark, Dan Hamby)
• May 4: Washington, D.C.
  • Arnold P. Lutzker (American Library Assoc., et al.); James G. Neal (American Library Assoc.); Julie E. Cohen (Georgetown Univ.); Bernard Sorkin (MPAA, Time Warner); Richard Weisgrau (American Society of Media Photographers); Victor Perlman (American Society of Media Photographers); Steven J. Metalitz (Smith & Metalitz, L.L.P.)
• May 18: Stanford, California
  • Siva Vaidhyanathan (New York Univ.); Karen Coyle (California Digital Library, Univ. of California); Linda Crowe (American Library Assoc.); Laura Gassaway (American Assoc. of Universities, et al.)
• May 19: Stanford, California
  • Paul Hughes (Business Software Alliance, Adobe Systems); Emery Simon (BSA); Fred Weingarten (American Library Assoc.); Steve Metalitz; Robin Gross (EFF); Dean Marks (MPAA); Riley Russel (Sony Computer Entertainment America); Jonathan Hangartner (Bleem, Inc.); Morton Goldberg (Cown, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.)