said by nasadude :

what difference does it make whether they made comments and what they were? I doubt that any comments contrary to the recording industries' desires were seriously considered or even considered at all.

This entire government is by the business, for the business and nothing but the business. Consumers and other "little people" aren't part of the equation.

Mr. Sledge ... served twelve years on the Alabama State Council on the Arts, where he was chair for two years. Other arts jobs include service as a director on the regional Southern Arts Federation, representing Alabama, a director of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and Alabama advocacy captain for Americans for the Arts.

Dr. Wisniewski ... has served as vice-chair of the certification and review committee and member of the governing board of Central Maryland Health Systems Agency; as a member of the Montgomery County Commission on Aging; as a member of 1999-2000 Governor’s Task Force on Regulatory Reform in the State of Maryland.

William J. Roberts has been appointed as a copyright royalty judge with expertise in copyright law. Mr. Roberts began his legal career in the Copyright Office in 1987. He was a Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel attorney for the entire twelve-year history of the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel. Mr. Roberts is currently an adjunct faculty member at the George Mason University School of Law where he teaches copyright law.