Speeches

6/02/06     Progress and Freedom Foundation: The Role of Music Licensing in a Digital Age

The Progress and Freedom Foundation hosted a forum entitled "The Role of Music Licensing in a Digital Age." DiMA's General Counsel, Lee Knife, offered insight to the future of digital music licensing and shared DiMA's vision for royalty parity and the PERFORM Act. Read the full transcript of this event or visit www.pff.org for more information.

3/08/05     Jonathan Potter Testifies before the House IP Subcommittee

DiMA Executive Director, Jonathan Potter testified before the House Subcommittee on Internet and Intellectual Property. Potter discussed the need to reform Section 115 of the Copyright Act and the licensing of digital content.

4/28/04     Jonathan Potter Gives Opening Remarks and Introduces Congressman Tom Feeney (R-FL) at CERTA Media Briefing

Welcome to the first public event of the brand new Coalition of Entertainment Retail Trade Associations - or CERTA.  I am Jonathan Potter, Executive Director of DiMA.  Today our new coalition is joining forces to educate Members of Congress about piracy of entertainment media; not only about the breadth and volume of piracy, but about how it affects local communities, local retailers, local jobs, and their consumer constituents.

3/11/04      Jonathan Potter Testifies and Urges Congress to Modernize Section 115 of the Copyright Act: Reform Needed to Help Fight Piracy

In his speech, Jon urges Congress to update Section 115 in order to expand the databases of songs available on online music stores and websites, "Section 115 of the Copyright Act - which should be a building block of online services' growth - instead remains the most significant roadblock impeding our industry's progress."

3/01/04     State of the Digital Union: Keynote Remarks by Jonathan Potter

In his speech, Jon highlights the current successes of leading online media companies - and DiMA members - such as Apple, MusciMatch and RealNetworks, but also discusses the problem of piracy.