The WaPo reports:

Full-page ads are scheduled to appear in newspapers today and will be followed by television and radio spots, urging consumers to stop downloading songs from illegal file-sharing sites on the Internet. The multimillion-dollar campaign coincides with hearings today before the House Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on courts, the Internet and intellectual property.

At issue in the House is a bill introduced in July by Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-Calif.). If it passes, it would protect copyright holders — such as artists and record labels — from liability for any damage they may cause while using software to disrupt file-sharing services and search public files on consumers’ computers for illegal reproductions of copyrighted music….