<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>FYI: Upcoming Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing: "Targeting Websites Dedicated To Stealing American Intellectual Property"</div><br>On Wednesday, February 16 at 10:00, the Senate Judiciary Committee<br>will hold a hearing on online piracy and efforts to shut down websites<br>where IP-infringing content is hosted. The witnesses will include<br>representatives from Rosetta Stone, the Authors Guild, Go Daddy,<br>Verizon, and Visa. In the last Congress, the Judiciary Chairman Leahy<br>sponsored the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act<br>(COICA). More: <a href="http://infojustice.org/archives/1134">http://infojustice.org/archives/1134</a><br><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); line-height: 20px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; ">On February 16, 2011 at 10am the full Senate Judiciary will hold a hearing on efforts to shut down websites where IP-infringing content is hosted. The witnesses will include representatives from Rosetta Stone, the Authors Guild, GoDaddy!, Verizon, and Visa. In the last Congress, the Committee’s Chairman Sen. Leahy sponsored the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA), which would authorize the take down of domain names for sites hosting infringing content, and enlisted service providers and financial intermediaries in actions against foreign-based hosts. Last year’s bill generated considerable controversy, with content owners supporting and ISPs and financial firms opposing it. CNET reports that Sen. Leahy is reaching out to various stakeholders, trying to work towards consensus before introducing similar legislation later this year.<span id="more-1134"></span></div><ul style="list-style-type: square; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><li style="list-style-type: square; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The hearing webcast, and prepared testimony will be available <a href="http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=4982" style="color: rgb(0, 141, 207); text-decoration: none; ">HERE</a>. </li><li style="list-style-type: square; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Sen. Leahy’s statement announcing the hearing is <a href="http://leahy.senate.gov/press/press_releases/release/?id=3ad57f6b-4ae3-431d-bd45-38747e46b8a2" style="color: rgb(0, 141, 207); text-decoration: none; ">HERE</a>.</li><li style="list-style-type: square; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The 110th Congress’ Combating online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) is <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-3804" style="color: rgb(0, 141, 207); text-decoration: none; ">HERE</a>.</li><li style="list-style-type: square; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20031280-261.html" style="color: rgb(0, 141, 207); text-decoration: none; ">CNET news story by Greg Sandoval, February 10, 2011.</a></li></ul></span><div><br></div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>IP JUSTICE</div><div>Robin Gross, Executive Director</div><div>1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA</div><div>p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451</div><div>w: <a href="http://www.ipjustice.org">http://www.ipjustice.org</a> e: <a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org">robin@ipjustice.org</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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