Justine Bateman to testify in Senate

April 21, 2008 Like many independent producers, the actress is concerned about the ways and means that people will be able to deliver content in the future, committee aides said. Bateman will be joined on the panel by WGA West president Patric Verrone, who has his own views about Internet distribution -- one of the key sticking points in the recent Hollywood writers' strike. Last week, the FCC conducted a hearing at Stanford University on the hot-button issues revolving around control of the Internet by the big network companies.

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