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Mr. Jones. No, I don't have any quarrel with that at all. I just — when we reduce the time down to — we're speaking in increments of 70 and 80 years, is a big difference from the 500 years. Beethoven was, without a doubt, one of the geniuses of our time, of that time. And I have the same feeling that in 100 years from now in America — we probably are the least informed about our own music — I promise you that Louis Armstrong and Count Basie and Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker will be recognized as the same type of genius, because jazz is the classical music of the world.
Mr. Gekas. The only other question I'd have — I'd like to enlist your aid. I wrote a piece a long time ago for the oboe. [Laughter.]
Mr. Jones. You did?
Mr. Gekas. I don't know if the marketplace is going to be able to accept this. So I'll need your help on this. [Laughter.]
Thanks very much.
Mr. Jones. Thank you.
Mr. Gekas. This hearing is recessed for 10 minutes.
[Recess.]
Mr. MOORHEAD [presiding]. Our first witness in the third panel will be John Belton, who is a professor of English and film at Rutgers University. Professor Belton holds a bachelor's degree from Columbia University in Greek and Latin, and both a masters and doctorate from Harvard University in classical philosophy. He's the former Chair of the Task Force on Public Access and Education Use of Motion Pictures of Society for Cinema Studies and a member of the Film Preservation Hearings Board of the National Film Preservation Board, the Library of Congress. He's written extensively in the area of cinema studies and is here today representing the Society for Cinema Studies.
Welcome, Professor Belton.
Mr. Belton. Thank you.
Mr. Moorhead. Our second witness on the third panel will be Dennis S. Karjala, professor of law at Arizona State University College of Law. Professor Karjala holds a bachelor's degree from Princeton University in electrical engineering and physics, a law degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and a doctorate from the University of Illinois. He teaches and researches copyright law. He was a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar at the Max Planck Institute in Munich, Germany, studying the implementation of the European Union's directive on the copyright protection of computer software.
Welcome, Professor Karjala. Am I pronouncing that right?
Mr. Karjala. Karjala. Thank you.
Mr. Moorhead. Our third witness on the third panel is William S. Patry, associate professor of law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University. Mr. Patry served as counsel to this subcommittee and as policy planning advisor to the Register of Copyrights. He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA and has written several treatises and law review articles on copyright law.
Welcome, Professor Patry.
The fourth witness on the third panel is Jerome H. Reichman, who is a professor of law at Vanderbilt University where he teaches intellectual property law. Professor Reichman holds a bachelor's