April 3, 2001 JUDICIARY COMMITTEE United States Senate Senator Orrin Hatch, Chairman Opening Statement of Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing “Online Entertainment: Coming Soon to a Digital Device Near You?” Good morning, and welcome to this morning’s hearing, “Online Entertainment: Coming Soon to a Digital Device Near You?” There have been [...]
Statement of Louis J. DiBella President DiBella Entertainment, Inc. Senate Commerce Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce and Tourism May 22, 2002 Good Afternoon, Mr. Chairman and Senators. My name is Lou DiBella and I am the president of DiBella Entertainment. My company creates sports and entertainment programming and represents and counsels [...]
April 3, 2001 Hilary Rosen President and CEO Recording Industry Association of America Statement Before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Mr. Chairman, Senator Leahy and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. The title of this hearing is “Online Entertainment and Copyright Law: Coming Soon to a [...]
Weren’t they wonderful tonight? They made us all so happy. [Applause] I also want to say to President Robinson that she brought America a little of the luck of the Irish. I am pleased to announce to you that while we were here at dinner the long standoff with the freemen in Montana ended peacefully [...]
April 3, 2001 Statement of Gerald W. Kearby President and Chief Executive Officer Liquid Audio, Inc. Before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary On “Online Entertainment and Copyright Law: Coming Soon to a Digital Device Near You.” 1. Introduction Good morning Mr. Chairman and distinguished members of the Committee. My name is Gerry [...]
About 35 years ago I went to New York for the first time and saw my first Broadway play. I spent more than half my monthly salary to get in. [Laughter] At the time I was a youngster at the Naval Academy in 1945, and I was making $7 a month. But it was money [...]
Mr. Vice President, Governor and Mrs. Reagan, and all of our very distinguished guests tonight: I am not going to impose on you another speech after what many of you had to endure last week in terms of so many speeches, but I did not want this opportunity to go by without expressing, on behalf [...]
Mr. Smiley. Mr. President, nice to see you. Thanks for talking to us. Let me start by asking you how you’re holding up. I’m having—it’s my first time traveling in the White House press pool; I’m tired of trying to keep up with you. You must be tired. The President. Yes, I have a couple [...]
I applaud the media and the entertainment industry for announcing that they have answered our call to action to develop a one-stop website for parents to learn more about how to monitor and understand their children’s interaction with the media. This website is a positive step, but not the only one we need to take, [...]
President Clinton. Well, we want to say, first of all, thank you to our wonderful musicians, our magnificent dancers. I will never look at you again in quite the same way, Robert. [Laughter] We are very grateful to you, and I hope, Mr. President, you feel a little more at home. Thank you, again. Note: [...]