Mid-Year Report

SMITH STRONG & SCHLESINGER for NATL MUSIC PUBLISHERS ASSN

Period Mid-Year 2007 Filed Aug 8, 2007

Official filing
Firm
SMITH STRONG & SCHLESINGER
Client
NATL MUSIC PUBLISHERS ASSN
Income
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Expenses
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No amount is shown when the filer reports less than $5,000 for the period, which the form does not ask them to state.

What was lobbied

2 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

A. Improving other countries' copyright and related enforcement laws and practices. B. U.S. government international copyright education and enforcement training activities. C. Copyright and electronic commerce in the digital environment, including effective implementation of the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performers Treaty obligations in countries' laws abroad

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL N SCHLESINGER N/A
ERIC H SMITH N/A
MARIA STRONG N/A

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Copyright Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

A. Develop and implement U.S. trade policy, negotiation of bilateral agreements, and administration of U.S. trade laws (such as Special 301, Generalized System of Preferences, Caribbean Basin Initiative, Andean Trade Preferences Act) with respect to copyright protection and enforcement in selected foreign countries, including proposed amendments to some of these laws.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL N SCHLESINGER N/A
ERIC H SMITH N/A
MARIA STRONG N/A

Contacted: U.S. Copyright Office; State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.