Technology and Copyright Policy in the Next Congress — Palo Alto
CITY SEMINAR
Thursday, December 2, 2004
10:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m.
Featuring Maren Christensen, Senior Vice President, Intellectual Property Counsel, NBC Universal; Lee Hollaar, Professor, School of Computing, University of Utah; Les Vadasz, Former Executive Vice President, Intel Capital; Fred von Lohmann, Senior Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation; and Rick White, President and CEO, TechNet
Technology and copyright policy issues are becoming the subject of intense debate in Congress. Lawmakers are grappling with many complicated issues spawned by the rise of the Internet, cyberspace, and our modern digital economy. Broadband regulation, Internet taxation, stock option expensing, privacy policy, and wireless spectrum regulation are just a few of the policy issues lawmakers might deal with in the upcoming session that could have a major impact on Silicon Valley and the high-tech industry.
Copyright policy, and the legal status of peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing in particular, will also continue to be hotly debated. The content industry is currently litigating against both P2P providers and individual file sharers. And the last session of Congress witnessed a remarkably contentious debate over the proposed "Induce Act," which dealt with contributory liability for copyright infringement.
What technology and copyright policy issues will dominate the coming session of Congress? Please join us for a thought-provoking discussion of these issues.
Crowne Plaza Cabaña Hotel
4290 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, California
10:00—10:30 a.m. |
Registration |
10:30—11:00 a.m. |
Rick White— Keynote Address |
11:00 a.m.—12:30 p.m. |
Panel Discussion— The Induce Act and the Future of Copyright Law Maren Christensen, Lee Hollaar, Les Vadasz, and Fred von Lohmann |
12:30—1:30 p.m. |
Reception and Buffet Luncheon |
For further information on the seminar, please call Lesley Albanese at (202) 789-5223 or e-mail her at lalbanese@cato.org.
Registration for this event is closed.