Reports and Prepared Testimony From SOPA (Stop Online Privacy) House Judiciary Committee Hearing & Additional Resources
UPDATE: Archived Video of U.S. House Judiciary Committee SOPA Hearing (Recorded on November 16, 2011)
The video runs about 3.5 hours.
Reports from the Hearing
Register of Copyrights: without SOPA, copyright “will ultimately fail” (via Ars Technica)
Lawmakers Skeptical of Criticisms of Antipiracy Bill (via National Journal)
By Juliana Gruenwald
House Members Voice Piracy-Bill Support (Subs Only, via WSJ) or Free Full Text via Google
by Amy Schatz
Stop Online Piracy sponsors defend the copyright bill (via Computerworld)
by Grant Gross
Bill puts onus on Google to fight piracy (via The Hill)
By Gautham Nagesh
Battle over Stop Online Piracy Act reaches fever pitch (via Washington Post Tech Blog)
By Cecilia Kang
Live Coverage
Alex Howard (O’Reilly) Live Tweets from Hearing & His Hearing Overview (via HuffPo)
Prepared Testimony
Maria Pallante
Register of Copyrights
U.S. Library of Congress
John Clark
Chief Security Officer and VP of Global Security
Pfizer
Michael O’Leary
Senior Executive Vice President
Global Policy and External Affairs
MPAA
Katherine Oyama
Policy Counsel
Google
Linda Kirkpatrick
Group Head
Customer Performance Integrity
MasterCard
Paul Almeida
President
Dept. of Professional Employees
AFL-CIO
Speakers List and Background (via the Committee Web Site)
Additional Materials (via the Committee Web Site incl. Letters of Support for Legislation)
THOMAS (Text of Legislation, Summary, and Other Info)
Internet Community Shut Out of Stop Online Piracy Act Hearing – Again (via EFF)
Library Copyright Alliance Writes Letter to House Judiciary Committee Regarding SOPA
What’s in a name? So-called anti-piracy copyright legislation (via ALA District Dispatch)
American Censorship Day – Stop SOPA
SOPA Puts Internet in the Crosshairs and Growing Chorus of Opposition to “Stop Online Piracy Act” (Center for Democracy and Technology)
Video of Anti-SOPA Press Conference and Panel Discussion Organized by Public Knowledge, Demand Progress, Computer and Communications Industry Association, Americans for Job Security, Don’t Censor the Net and the CEA. (Recorded on November 15, 2011)
+ Video: Comments by Rep. Daryl Issa (R-CA) and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
+ Video: Panel Discussion, Part 1
+ Video: Panel Discussion, Part 2
+ Video: Panel Discussion, Part 3
+ Video: Panel Discussion, Part 4
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.