Hearing: Data Accountability and the Informed P2P User

The Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection will hold a legislative hearing on, "H.R­­. 2221, the Data Accountability and Trust Act and H.R. 1319, the Informed P2P User Act," on Tuesday, May 5, 2009, in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.

INVITED WITNESSES:

  • Eileen Harrington, Acting Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission
  • David M. Sohn, Senior Policy Counsel, Center for Democracy and Technology
  • Robert W. Holleyman, II, President and Chief Executive Officer, Business Software Alliance
  • Martin C. Lafferty, Chief Executive Officer, Distributed Computing Industry Association
  • Stuart K. Pratt, President and Chief Executive Officer. Consumer Data Industry Association
  • Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center
  • Robert Boback, Chief Executive Officer, Tiversa, Inc.
  • Thomas D. Sydnor II, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for the Study of Digital Property, Progress & Freedom Foundation