Re: [dvd-discuss] "Consumer Benefits" of DRM solutions oversight hearing - witness list

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Given the title of the hearing there should have been a profound silence in the 
room....instead, I doubt that they even realized that the consumer benefits 
most with NO DRMs....but while Alice tries to believe two impossible things 
before breakfast, they probably CAN believe two impossible things before 
breakfast.

On 5 Jun 2002 at 20:55, Wendy Seltzer wrote:

Date sent:      	Wed, 05 Jun 2002 20:55:33 -0400
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From:           	Wendy Seltzer <wendy@seltzer.com>
Subject:        	Re: [dvd-discuss] "Consumer Benefits" of DRM solutions
 	oversight hearing - witness list
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> At 12:18 AM 06/05/2002 -0700, Larry Blunk wrote:
> >   The witness lists for today's House Judiciary committee's oversight
> >hearing on "DRM: THE CONSUMER BENEFITS OF TODAY'S DIGITAL RIGHTS
> >MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS" has been posted at
> >http://www.house.gov/judiciary/courts060502.htm.  It is notably lacking
> >in representation from actual Consumer groups.
> 
> But of course.  Who'd think of asking consumers what benefits them?
> 
> Actually, I listened in on a bit, and heard Zoe Lofgren raise that same 
> concern (and even state that fair use was a constitutional requirement of 
> the First Amendment!), so at least someone else noticed.
> 
> --Wendy
> 
> >Here is the list of witnesses:
> >
> >
> >Will Poole, Vice President, Windows New Media Platforms Division, Microsoft
> >Corporation
> >
> >James Alexander, Director, eBooks Publishing Adobe Systems, Inc.
> >
> >Peter Jacobs, Chief Executive Officer, SunnComm, Inc.
> >
> >Frank Hausmann, Chief Executive Officer, CenterSpan Communications 
> >Corporation
> 
> --
> Wendy Seltzer -- wendy@seltzer.com
> Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School
> http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html
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>