Both sides debate ethics of downloading music in Senate hearing
Submitted on July 11, 2000 - 12:00am.
Emily Swartzlander - Summer 2000
As Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) took the Senate Judiciary Committee to a preliminary vote this morning, the rock music of Creed's "Higher" faded into the hearing room via an Internet file.
Meanwhile, music fans and reporters in the standing-room only crowd craned their necks to see rock band Metallica's drummer, Lars Ulrich, seated in the witness panel, and guitarist Kirk Hammett, behind him in the audience.
The Judiciary Committee met today to hear from both sides of an issue
questioning whether downloaded Internet music violates copyright laws.
Hatch, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) heard testimony from members of the music community, the recording industry and Internet music download sites, including Napster and MP3.com.
Meanwhile, music fans and reporters in the standing-room only crowd craned their necks to see rock band Metallica's drummer, Lars Ulrich, seated in the witness panel, and guitarist Kirk Hammett, behind him in the audience.
The Judiciary Committee met today to hear from both sides of an issue
questioning whether downloaded Internet music violates copyright laws.
Hatch, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) heard testimony from members of the music community, the recording industry and Internet music download sites, including Napster and MP3.com.
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