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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Forwarded from the Digital Future Coalition listserv. >>> Skip Lockwood <[log in to unmask]> 07/08/99 12:02pm >>> > Folks: Here's a very interesting intellectual property development (to > put it mildly) that I felt you would all want to know about. The Senate > Appropriations Committee press release, and bill and report excerpts > relating to this item are attached. This bill was passed recently by the > Senate, but there is no House bill as yet. > > -Carol Henderson > Washington Office > American Library Association > [log in to unmask] > > FYI. > > Patrice > ---------------------------------------------------- > Patrice McDermott, Co-Director > Agenda for Access - an OMB Watch project > OMB Watch > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > Date: 07/06/99 > Time: 12:55:39 > -------------------------------------------------------- > --> 3. APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE PROPOSES PROPERTY RIGHTS > OFFICE > > Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Ala.), chairman of the Senate > Appropriations Committee, proposed the creation of an > inter-agency federal office tasked to fight against > intellectual property-rights infringement on U.S. > entertainment and computer companies. > > Under the proposal, the White House is to submit a plan > by Feb. 15, 2000, creating the office. The Committee > said in a statement that the President may "establish a > National Intellectual Property Coordination Center" with > existing funds budgeted to the Executive Office. > > The proposal is in response to comments from Microsoft > Chairman Bill Gates and Jack Valenti, President and CEO > of the Motion Picture Association of America. > > The Appropriations Committee endorsed the creation of > this property-rights office last week. > > More Info: > http://www.senate.gov/~appropriations > > ---------------End of Original Message----------------- Skip Lockwood Coordinator Digital Future Coalition P.O. Box 7679 Washington, DC 20004-7679 202-628-6048 (phone) 202-628-9227 (fax) [log in to unmask] www.dfc.org