The forthcoming hearing titled "Sinking the Copyright Pirates: Global Protection of Intellectual Property" will feature representatives from various sectors of the entertainment industry who will discuss the devastating economic impact of illegal reproduction of copyrighted material overseas, a Monday e-mail from Berman's office said. Members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee will take part but a witness list has not yet been released. According to the International Intellectual Property Alliance, U.S. creative industries account for $110 billion annually in revenue from foreign trade but they are losing billions from IP theft. IIPA recently told the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative in a filing that in 48 countries, the software and recording sectors alone lost more than $18.4 billion to bootleggers.