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Congress hears testimony on copyright piracy

09 April 2009

Eileen McDermott, New York

The House Foreign Affairs Committee last week met representatives of the movie and music industries in Van Nuys, California to discuss how to address global copyright piracy

Witnesses included Steven Soderbergh, national vice president of the Directors Guild of America; Richard Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios; Michael Miller, international vice president of The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE); Zach Horowitz, president and COO of Universal Music Group; and Timothy Trainer, president of the Global Intellectual Property Strategy Center.

The field hearing was presided over by House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman, Howard...



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