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The Copyright Alliance is a nonprofit, nonpartisan 501(c)(4) (social welfare organization ) representing artistic creators across a broad range of copyright disciplines. The Copyright Alliance's institutional members include over forty trade organizations, associations, unions, companies, and guilds, that represent millions of individual creators. The Copyright Alliance also directly collaborates with and represents thousands of creative individuals and small businesses.〔 The creative industries represented include writers, composers, recording artists, journalists, documentarians, filmmakers, graphic artists, visual artists, photographers, and software developers. The Copyright Alliance seeks to unite creators across various disciplines, to advocate for the protection of creative works, and to promote the livelihoods of creators.〔 ==History== At its launch in May 2007 the Copyright Alliance had a membership of 29 organizations purporting to represent 11 million workers, including the Association of American Publishers, Microsoft, the Motion Picture Association of America, the Recording Industry Association of America, Viacom and Walt Disney.〔 (also available from ())〕 The launch of the Copyright Alliance was supported by U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI), ranking Representative Howard Coble (R-NC), and Representative Howard Berman (D-CA), members of the United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet. Berman, speaking of his inspiration by the late Jack Valenti, spoke of "the constant assaults on copyright law" and called the group's launch "a tremendous idea".〔 Coble said that ""Digitization and related technologies beg some changes to the copyright laws, and I wish you the best of luck and my support as you roll out the Copyright Alliance" The Copyright Alliance was launched in opposition to the Digital Freedom Campaign, formed the preceding October, whose members include the Consumer Electronics Association, Public Knowledge, and the Electronic Freedom Foundation.〔 Patrick Ross〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Advocate... ) (personal website)〕 served as executive director for four years until succeeded by Sandra Aistars on December 20, 2010. Prior to taking the position Aistars was Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Time Warner. She is also chairman of the Copyright Alliance Education Foundation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Our Staff )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Copyright Alliance」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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