<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It should be noted that there will be a very different hearing later on that will also be telecast.  The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will hold a hearing on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at 2:00 p.m EST, “Stakeholder Perspectives on the IANA Transition.”  Two NCUC speakers will testify, Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation and Matt Shears of CDT.  Also testifying will be Danielle Kehl of the Open Technology Institute, who’s coauthoring a series of papers with David Post, a NCUC member.  So all is not lost…:-)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/index.php?q=hearing/hearing-on-stakeholder-perspectives-on-the-iana-transition-subcommittee-on-communications-an" class="">http://democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/index.php?q=hearing/hearing-on-stakeholder-perspectives-on-the-iana-transition-subcommittee-on-communications-an</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 13, 2015, at 5:48 PM, Kathy Kleiman <<a href="mailto:Kathy@kathykleiman.com" class="">Kathy@kathykleiman.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
  
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    I see the very same gap, DeeDee. It would be nice if Freedom of
    Expression and Free Speech groups were represented... <br class="">
    Best,<br class="">
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/13/2015 11:26 AM, DeeDee Halleck
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          <div class="">Top of the list: copyright protection</div>
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