New Copyright Findings Forthcoming
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and intellectual property rights leaders will release a new report Monday afternoon detailing the impact of copyright on the U.S. economy. The analysis covers the four years through 2007, and was prepared for the International Intellectual Property Alliance -- which represents U.S. music, movie, software and video game industries. Locke will be joined at the event -- which takes place at 12:15 p.m. at the Commerce Department -- by Business Software Alliance President Robert Holleyman, Entertainment Software Association President Michael Gallagher, and Recording Industry Association of America Chairman Mitch Bainwol, among others. Stephen Siwek of Economists Inc., who prepared the report, will also be present.
In other news, the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee Tuesday will explore the feasibility of creating a system under which the legal status and identity of all U.S. workers would be verified using biometrics, such as fingerprints or iris scans. The session kicks off at 2 p.m. in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee Chairman Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., plans to introduce comprehensive immigration reform legislation by Labor Day, which would give an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the country a path to obtain legal status. Schumer's legislation is expected to include a mandate under which workers would have to participate in a biometric verification system, which could include requiring them to obtain an identification card.
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