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The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age (2000)

Chapter: Appendix B: Briefers to the Committee

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Briefers to the Committee." National Research Council. 2000. The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9601.
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Appendix B —
Briefers to the Committee

February 20–21, 1998

William Arms, Cornell University

Eileen Collins, National Science Foundation

Les Gasser, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (formerly at the National Science Foundation)

Trotter Hardy, College of William and Mary

Shira Perlmutter, U.S. Copyright Office

April 30–May 1, 1998

Jim Banister, Warner Brothers Online

Steven Benson, Paramount Digital Entertainment

Chris Cookson, Warner Brothers Motion Pictures

Peter Harter, Netscape

Eileen Kent, Consultant

Jim Kinsella, MSNBC

Bob Lambert, The Walt Disney Company

Jeff Lotspiech, IBM Almaden Research Center

Dean Marks, Time-Warner Records

David Pearce, Microsoft

Suzanne Scotchmer, University of California at Berkeley

Nathan Shedroff, Vivid Studios

Hal Varian, University of California at Berkeley

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Briefers to the Committee." National Research Council. 2000. The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9601.
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July 9–10, 1998

Scott Bennett, Yale University

Aubrey Bush, National Science Foundation

Dan Duncan, Information Industry Association

Julie Fenster, Time Inc.

Anne Griffith, Software Publishers Association

Carol Henderson, American Library Association

Tom Kalil, The White House, National Economic Council

Deanna Marcum, Council on Library and Information Resources

Steve Metalitz, International Intellectual Property Alliance

Tony Miles, National Science Foundation

Patricia Schroeder, Association of American Publishers

Jim Snyder, AT&T Research

Tony Stonefield, Global Music Outlet

Jim Taylor, Microsoft

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Briefers to the Committee." National Research Council. 2000. The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9601.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Briefers to the Committee." National Research Council. 2000. The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9601.
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