Klarinet Archive - Posting 001052.txt from 2000/12

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: [kl] Fw: Future of Music Policy Conference
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 02:23:33 -0500

This may be of interest to some of the readership:

----- Original Message -----
From: "Maureen Harrington" <mharrington@-----.org>
Subject: Future of Music Policy Conference

> The Future of Music Coalition and Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts
> invite to you to attend the Future of Music Policy Conference, a CLE
program
> to be held January 10-11 at Georgetown University's Gaston Hall, at 37th
and
> O Street, NW, Washington DC. This conference will bring together the
> strongest voices in the music, technology, and intellectual property
fields
> in a comprehensive debate about the future of music and other forms of
> expression in the digital age.
>
> More than 60 speakers are confirmed, including:
> * John Perry Barlow (Electronic Frontier Foundation, Founder);
> * James Boyle (Duke University Law School);
> * Bill Bradley (former senator);
> * Leonardo Chiariglione (SDMI, Executive Director);
> * Chuck D. (musician);
> * Michael Greene (NARAS, CEO and President);
> * Herbie Hancock (musician);
> * Orrin Hatch (Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee);
> * Bill Ivey (National Endowment for the Arts, Chairman);
> * William Kennard (FCC, Chairman);
> * Bruce Lehman (International Intellectual Property Institute);
> * Marybeth Peters (U.S. Copyright Office);
> * David Post (Temple University Law School);
> * Michael Robertson (MP3.com, Chairman);
> * Hilary Rosen (Recording Industry Association of America, President); and
> * Pamela Samuelson (School of Information Management and Systems,
Berkeley).
> Speakers also include representatives from ASCAP, BMI, EMI, the Harry Fox
> Agency, Napster, and Wired News.
>
> January 10, 2001:
> The first day of the conference will address the nuts and bolts of music
and
> technology. We will also look at the landscape post-MP3 and Napster
> litigation, with a focus on the legislative efforts (DMCA) and the
technical
> developments (SDMI) which are creating the structures that will influence
> intellectual property law for decades to come. This day will also include
a
> panel examining the controversy and legislative actions surrounding the
> treatment of sound recordings as works-made-for-hire.
>
> January 11, 2001:
> The second day of the conference will take a visionary look at the broader
> questions impacting the music/tech space including Fair Use,
> Telecommunications Regulation, Digital Royalties and Emerging Business
> Models.
>
> More information about the conference, including CLE credit, registration,
> fees, scholarships, and hotel information, is available on the full
> conference agenda, which you may download by visiting
> http://www.futureofmusic.org/images/FMCtrifold.pdf.
>
> If you have any questions about the conference, please contact Michael
Bracy
> at 202-661-2065 or at mbracy@-----. If you have any questions
> about Continuing Legal Education credit for the program, please contact
> Maureen Cohen Harrington at 202-393-2826 x23 or at
mharrington@-----.
>
> I hope to see many of you there. In addition to its educational value,
this
> program promises to be a lot of fun!
>
> Maureen Cohen Harrington
> Director of Education
> Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts
> 815 Fifteenth Street, NW, Suite 900
> Washington, DC 20005
> 202-393-2826 ext. 23
> mharrington@-----.org
>
>

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