FC: AOL, News Corp. to testify Thurs at House "digital content" hearing

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Tue Apr 23 2002 - 08:20:33 PDT

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    Press release:
    
    Upton Releases Witness List For Hearing
    On Protecting Content in the Digital Age
    
    WASHINGTON (April 23) - Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), Chairman of the House 
    Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, 
    today released a witness list for Thursday 's hearing (April 25 at 12:30 
    p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building) entitled "Ensuring 
    Content Protection in the Digital Age."
    
    Scheduled to testify Thursday:
    
    Mr. Peter Chernin, President and Chief Operating Officer, NewsCorporation 
    (via satellite)
    
    Mr. Richard Parsons, Co-Chief Operating Officer, AOL Time Warner Inc.
    
    Dr. Paul F. Liao, Chief Technology Officer, Panasonic/Matshushita Electric 
    Corporation of America
    
    Mr. Larry Blanford, CEO, Philips Consumer Electronics
    
    Mr. Larry Jacobson, President and Chief Operating Officer, RealNetworks
    
    Mr. Assaf Litai, Founder and Acting CEO, Vidius
    
    Mr. Joe Kraus, Co-founder, Digitalconsumer.org
    
    
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