COAT Awaits Reply from MPAA on HR 3101

In an effort to move HR 3101 along, COAT leadership sent letters to many industry trade associations in September and October 2009 asking if they had any further concerns or issues with HR 3101. While many groups, and individual companies, have responded, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) still has yet to respond. The last meeting COAT had with MPAA was in December 2008. Copy of COAT's letter October 19, 2009 is attached.

As you may recall, in 2002 the MPAA challenged the FCC's authority to issue video description rules and won in DC Circuit Court. Case #01-1149. HR 3101 asks for the FCC to receive full authority to restore these video description rules and to do so in regard to new digital TV technologies.

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Congressman Ed Markey in photo of Congressional hearing room dais. Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA), center, introduced the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009 (H.R. 3101) on June 26, 2009.

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COAT Awaits Reply from MPAA on HR 3101

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