VITED STATES. CONGRESS. HOUSE. COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY. SUB COMMITTEE ON COURTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY REGISTRA TION AND THE REPORT OF THE U.S. COPY- COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION 62-500 JUNE 24, 1999 Serial No. 79 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 2000 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 Coble, Hon. Howard, a Representative in Congress from the State of North Carolina, and chairman, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property Attaway, Fritz, Senior Vice President for Congressional Affairs and General Counsel, Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Brennan, Lorin, Esq., Executive Director, Gray Matter, LLC, on behalf of the American Film Marketing Association Chasser, Anne, Director, Office of Trademark & Licensing Services, Ohio State University, on behalf of the International Trademark Association Cross, John, Professor of Law, University of Louisville School of Law Gasaway, Laura, Director of the Law Library and Professor of Law, Univer- sity of North Carolina, on behalf of the Association of American Univer- Johnson, Charles G., President and CEO, Allstate Financial Corporation, on behalf of Commercial Finance Association Kirk, Michael K., Executive Director, American Intellectual Property Law Montgomery, Susan Barbieri, Attorney at Law, Foley, Hoag & Eliot, LLP, on behalf of the American Bar Association Ochsenreiter, Glenn, Vice President, Industry Relations, iCopyright.Com Peters, Marybeth, Register of Copyrights, Copyright Office of the United States, The Library of Congress Schroeder, Patricia, President and CEO, Association of American Publishers, LETTERS, STATEMENTS, ETC., SUBMITTED FOR THE HEARING Attaway, Fritz, Senior Vice President for Congressional Affairs and General Counsel, Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA): Prepared state- Brennan, Lorin, Esq., Executive Director, Gray Matter, LLC, on behalf of the American Film Marketing Association: Prepared statement Chasser, Anne, Director, Office of Trademark & Licensing Services, Ohio State University, on behalf of the International Trademark Association Cross, John, Professor of Law, University of Louisville School of Law: Pre- Engel, G. Larry, on behalf of the American Bar Association: Prepared state- Gasaway, Laura, Director of the Law Library and Professor of Law, Univer- sity of North Carolina, on behalf of the Association of American Univer- Johnson, Charles G., President and CEO, Allstate Financial Corporation, Kirk, Michael K., Executive Director, American Intellectual Property Law Montgomery, Susan Barbieri, Attorney at Law, Foley, Hoag & Eliot, LLP, Peters, Marybeth, Register of Copyrights, Copyright Office of the United Schroeder, Patricia, President and CEO, Association of American Publishers, Page 61 36 8 21 Material submitted for the record APPENDIX 117 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY REGISTRATION AND THE REPORT OF THE U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE ON COPYRIGHT AND DIGITAL DISTANCE EDUCATION THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1999 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 2:05 p.m., in Room 2141, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Howard Coble [chairman of the subcommittee] presiding. Present: Representatives Howard Coble, Elton Gallegly, William L. Jenkins, Edward A. Pease, Howard L. Berman, Rick Boucher, William D. Delahunt. Staff present: Debra Laman, Counsel; Eunice Goldring, Staff Counsel; Sampak P. Garg, Minority Counsel; Bari Schwartz, Minority Counsel; and Stephanie Peters, Minority Counsel. OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN COBLE Mr. COBLE. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. The subcommittee will come to order. Today we are here to discuss two important issues. First we will turn our attention to the report of the U.S. Copyright Office on Copyright and Digital Distance Education. Next, we will discuss the issue of Federal intellectual property security interest registration. Distance education, a form of education where students are separated from the instructors by time and/or space, is expanding rapidly on all levels of education and involving all types of students. Advanced digital technology has created exciting possibilities in education and markets for online educational products. For example, students that are physically removed from an educational institution or not able to attend regular classes due to time constraints have the option to enroll in classes on-line. With the increased amount of distance education there, is also an increased amount of copyrighted material traveling on-line, creating new risks to the copyright owners. The Copyright Act contains provisions outlining permissible uses of copyrighted material for educational purposes, but they are over 20 years old and may need to be updated to ensure a proper balance between the rights of copyright owners and users' rights of access to information. (1) |