[Infowarrior] - Biden's One-Sided Piracy Summit

Richard Forno rforno at infowarrior.org
Tue Dec 15 23:23:14 UTC 2009


*cough*   No fair use representatives?  Go figure where the Change-and- 
Hope(tm) Administration stands on IP policy issues!   :(


Industry Leaders to the White House for Piracy Summit
Published: Mon, December 14, 2009, 3:12 PM

http://www.wilshireandwashington.com/2009/12/industry-leaders-to-the-white-house-for-piracy-summit.html

Vice President Joseph Biden is leading a roundtable on Tuesday with  
Hollywood CEOs, music industry execs and legal experts in what is  
being billed as a first-of-its-kind discussion on piracy.

He'll be joined by Attorney General Eric Holder, Homland Security  
Secretary Janet Napolitano, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, FBI  
director Robert Mueller and Secret Service director Mark Sullivan.

Among those expected are Sony's Michael Lynton, Warner Bros.' Barry  
Meyer, Viacom's Philippe Dauman, NBC Universal's Jeffrey Zucker,  
Warner Music Group's Edgar Bronfman, Harper Collins CEO Brian Murray,  
Universal Music Group's Zachary Horowitz, the MPAA's Dan Glickman, the  
RIAA's Mitch Bainwol, IATSE's international president Matthew Leob,  
AFTRA'S Kim Roberts Hedgepeth, DGA president Taylor Hackford, DGA exec  
director Jay Roth and SAG's David White.

Also present will be the administration's new "copyright czar,"  
Victoria Espinel.


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