Press Release

MEDIA ADVISORY:
NMPA to join IIPA, U.S. Secretary of Commerce
To release economic study on the strength of U.S. copyright industries
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 10, 2009

WASHINGTON—David Israelite, President and CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association, will join The Hon. Gary Locke, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, and other copyright industry leaders to release a new report about copyright and the U.S. economy.

WHAT:
Release of Copyright Industries in the U.S. Economy: The 2003-2007 Report
Prepared by Economists Inc. for the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA)

WHEN: Monday, July 20, 2009, 12:15 - 1 pm
In order to clear security in time, please plan to arrive by Noon.

WHERE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Main Auditorium
    1401 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC
Use the main entrance to the Commerce Department, located on 14th Street (across from the Reagan Building).

RSVP: Your RSVP is required. Your name must appear on the security list to enter the building.
RSVP by July 17 to Molly Torsen at molly.torsen@mail.doc.gov or call 202.482.0849.

WHO:
The Honorable Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce
Tom Allen, President & CEO, Association of American Publishers (AAP)
Robert Holleyman II, President & CEO, Business Software Alliance (BSA)
Jean Prewitt, President & CEO, Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA)
Dan Glickman, Chairman & CEO, Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
David Israelite, President & CEO, National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA)
Mitch Bainwol, Chairman & CEO, Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
Eric Smith of the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA)
Stephen Siwek of Economists Incorporated (author of the report)


About the NMPA
Founded in 1917, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) is a trade association representing American music publishers. The NMPA’s mandate is to protect and advance the interests of music publishers and their songwriter partners in matters relating to the domestic and global protection of music copyrights.