DiMA Offers a One-Two Punch Solution for Combating Online Piracy

(Washington, DC – May 9, 2012) Gregory Alan Barnes, Director of Government Affairs for the Digital Media Association, issued the following statement in response to the hearing held today by the  Senate Judiciary Committee entitled “Oversight of the Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator”:

“The voluntary, private-sector stakeholder agreements cited by Ms Espinel in her testimony represent an important first step in eliminating online acts of copyright infringement.  In addition to such agreements, however, Congress should also seek to update existing copyright law in a way that would to make it easier for service providers to license the right to legitimately distribute music, movies and books for online consumption.  The combination of these two initiatives would undoubtedly represent a one-two punch solution for combating online piracy.”