We didn't go to the Digital Media Conference last Friday in Virginia. Helpfully, Gary Arlen did and reported on it over at IP Democracy. Some highlights:
On the Stevens' bill:
Christopher Putala, Earthlink’s executive VP for public policy, told me that he expects the Senate Commerce Committee may split evenly at 11-11 or could come in at 12-10. In either case, he suggested, the close committee decision would not send a clear signal to the Senate to adopt Sen. Ted Stevens’ Communications, Consumers’ Choice, and Broadband Deployment Act of 2006 (S. 2686) if the bill actually comes up for a floor vote. “Unless there’s something that balances it out, we’re not going to get legislation this year,” Putala said hopefully.
(More after the jump)
On copyright issues:
Its “Law and Policy” track included a predictable copyright slap-down between MPAA and RIAA on one side and the Consumer Electronics Association on the other – with lobbyists for the Digital Media Association and games-centric Entertainment Software Association gasping for microphone time. The movie and music lobbyists also focused extensively on the merits of Sen. Diane Feinstein’s “PERFORM Act” (Platform Equality and Remedies for Rights Holders in Music Act of 2006, S. 2644), which would require satellite, cable and Internet broadcasters to pay fair market value for the performance of digital music.
And, on the coming battle on amateur mash-ups of copyrighted content that we've discussed here:
The panel also touched on the ways in which social network customers create derivative works by doctoring copyrighted content, prompting MPAA’s Fritz Attaway to cite the infringement on artists’ rights.
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