I think Mr. Watt is right. We really at this point don't have a role to play, but this has been a useful hearing in outlining what the issues are.
I just think--I know we have votes--but this is a major step forward for literacy and for the culture.
When I look at the book registry proposal it is like ASCAP and BMI for books, except it is not exclusive.
We worked so hard to try and come up with a solution. And we failed. We failed.
The future of literacy does, I think, indeed rely a great deal on how we get right digitizing written material.
It seemed to me the fact that potentially a majority of the written works in this country are unavailable to the culture...
I remember back a number of years ago trying to get ahead of this program legislatively, and we just utterly failed.
I really think in many ways what has happened in California is more of a political problem than an economic problem.
I think it would be good for the country.
In some parts of America, you can't do that. It is feed the kids, or donate; and the kids are going to get fed first.
I think it is a smart approach and addresses a necessary topic.