House subcommittee hearing on copyright goes 3-D

More than a decade after the file-sharing service Napster went offline, filmmakers, photographers, musicians and other artists are telling lawmakers that compensation and fair use of copyrighted content are still their main challenges.

"My company wouldn't exist if studios didn't make big films," William Sherak, whose company converted the hit film “Avatar” from 2-D to 3-D, told members of a House Judiciary subcommittee. Sherak had all the members of the subcommittee put on 3-D glasses to watch how a segment of a “Star Trek” film gets put together. Sherak told lawmakers that small companies, such as his, that make up the multi-million dollar 3-D industry could be "severely impacted" by online piracy.