US Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante Faces Rep. Zoe Lofgren re SOPA etc. on April 18, 2012

Re SOPA etc.

Part 1:

 Published on Apr 18, 2012 by RepZoeLofgren

Rep. Zoe Lofgren's first question and answer session with Ms. Maria A. Pallante, Register of Copyrights for the U.S. Copyright Office, about her November 2011 meetings with motion picture executives in Los Angeles. After returning to Washington, DC, Ms. Pallante essentially endorsed the controversial SOPA legislation being considered at the time.

Part 2:

          Published on Apr 18, 2012 by RepZoeLofgren

Rep. Zoe Lofgren's second question and answer session with Ms. Maria A. Pallante, Register of Copyrights for the U.S. Copyright Office, about meetings in New York City and Los Angeles and their relationship to controversial SOPA legislation being considered at the time. In light of recent news reports of allegations by a former Library of Congress employee claiming he was fired because of his sexual orientation, Rep. Lofgren ended her Q&A session by asking each of the division heads testifying to say what steps they are taking to ensure employees are not discriminated against based on race, religion, gender or sexual orientation.

Rep. Lofgren is the top Democrat on the Oversight Subcommittee.