Tech Daily Dose: SOTN: 'Seamless Transition' For IP Panel http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2007/01/sotn-seamless-transition-for-i.php?rss=1 en Copyright 2010 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:15:19 GMT http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification SOTN: 'Seamless Transition' For IP Panel California Democrat Howard Berman, the chairman of the House Judiciary Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property Subcommittee, will continue the bipartisan effort to reform U.S. copyright laws that his predecessor, Texas Republican Lamar Smith started, panelists at a music licensing session said.

"I don't think there will be any shift in a major way. We'll have a seamless transition from one very strong defender of IP to another," said David Israelite, president of the National Music Publishers' Association.

The Consumer Electronics Association's Michael Petricone added that even though Berman counts movie studio chiefs among his constituents, he has always had an open-door policy for high-tech manufacturers.

Other panelists included Steve Marks from the Recording Industry Association of America; Walter McDonough from the Future of Music Coalition; and the Digital Music Association's Jonathan Potter.

Read more about Berman's vision for his subcommittee in Technology Daily's series on the committees of the 110th Congress.

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