isrepresentative anna eshoo one of the top democrats. she is a ranking member of the house subcommittee on communications and technology and she represents palo alto alto,n california -- palo california. i want to start with a couple of issues just breaking this week. we'll start with the front page of the "washington journal," the trade commission this week said apple violated a samsung patent that could restrict apple sells unless the president takes action. >> i think the president will take action. in my experience over 20 years representing silicon valley, lawsuits and the competition that drives so much of what ends up in a court room is not something that is new. this will have to be faced -- handled by the administration and the facts have to come out as well. is somethingphone that is very big. it is one of the most popular products not only in the united states, but around the world. controls. issue is on obama has ordered patent trolls. it is a problem for companies. >> they are. increasingly so. this reminds me of an issue i'

. >> host: representative anna eshoo is one of the top democrats in congress on telecommunications issues. in fact choose a ranking member of the house subcommittee on communications and knowledge he and she represents palo alto california, google facebook netflix etc.. we will start with the front page of "the wall street journal," ruling blocks iphone sales, the u.s. international trade commission this week said appell violated a samsung patent it could restrict iphone sales in the u.s. unless a president takes action. >> guest: i think the president will take action because this cannot stand, but in my experience over 20 years representing silicon valley lawsuits and the competition that drives so much of what ends up in a courtroom is not something that is new. but this is obviously going to have to be faced and handled by the administration and then the facts have to come out as well. but walking and iphone is something that is very big. this is one of the most popular products not only in the united states but around the world as well. klesko another issue is on patent trolls and pr

. >> host: representative eshoo, does cell phone unlocking fall into that more competition arena? >> guest: i think it does. i think it does. i think what people buy and pay for they should be able to use however they choose to use it. and so i think that it's very important to, that unlocking legislation -- which i'm an original co-sponsor of -- of course, it deals with something that's outside of the jurisdiction of my committee. but the person that's walking down the street doesn't care about committee jurisdictions. they would like to be able to unlock and use and move across all of their applications without the fear of a penalty or even jail time. so, now this was contained in the digital millennium copyright act, the dmca, which allowed the librarian of congress to weigh in on this, and there was an exemption, and now it's open. that's going to be taken up by the judiciary committee, and i think that this is the perfect time to address this. and i think that the bill that i'm an original co-sponsor on, i should say of, really closes the loop on this by opening things up. no

eshoo and i think have some of the same questions. and i'm going to go right to the copyright issue. ms. burdick, let me come to you. i appreciate your comments and how you expressed support for property rights. i'm quoting, recognizing local broadcasters' property interest n their signal seeking compensation. i agree, program deserves to be compensated and incentivized. what about the radio side, refusing to recognize the sound recordings, if that undermines your position before us as we look at the video prame work and the retransmission -- framework and the retransmission rights? as you know radio broadcasters say they shouldn't have to pay performance royalties because they help distribute an artist's music. so square that up for me. where's the contradiction in that? >> sure. just by way of background, our company has been in the radio business for 90 years, 18 months after the first commercial station was -- >> quickly. >> there's been a relationship between radio and artist -- radio and artists during that period of time. and t

eshoo. holding thisfor hearing. welcome to our witnesses and many distinguished representatives from many sectors that are in the audience this morning. they begins the second in subcommittee's series of hearings on the satellite television extension and localism at, s.t.e.l.l.a, allowing consumers across our country who subscribe to satellite tv to receive local broadcast programming. following today's hearing, we all have had and heard from total of 11 witnesses in the first six months of this congress less countless others individually visited our offices to provide their perspective on s.t.e.l.l.a. this includes representatives of the satellite, rockettes, and motion picture industries. we need to look forward to taking action. i think following today's hearing we should instruct our respected staff to work expeditiously on drafting text so we can pass a bill long before the december 31, 2014 deadline. we have both stated publicly that we want a clean bill. judiciary hashe some jurisdiction. it will take some ti

leadership of the internet caucus' co-chairs, senators leahy and thune and representatives goodlatte and eshoo. again, the hash tag for today's discussion is icacnsa. and the web site if you want to learn more about the internet education foundation is neted.org. the topic of today's program could not be more important or more timely, and we will conclude the program by about 1:00. the discussion will be led by mary ellen callahan, a partner with the law firm of jenner and block and a former chief privacy office of the department of homeland security. thank you all again for joining us, and we all look forward to an interesting program. mary ellen, thank you. >> thank you very much, roger, and welcome everybody. i want to briefly introduce my colleagues here on the panel, and i'm going to give a brief overview. since this is a primer, we're going to go very quickly and cover a lot of topics, but we're going to try to keep on our time. alphabetically to my left i have alan davidson, formerly the director of public policy at