ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 10, Number 31
April 12, 2001

In this issue:
	
Mark Your Calendars! Copyright Program at Annual 2001

We want you, loyal ALAWON readers, to be the first to hear about 
an exciting and provocative copyright program scheduled for 
Saturday, June 16th at San Francisco Annual 2001.

"I Want My MP3! Sharing and Ownership in the Digital Age" will 
explore how peer-to-peer networking, Napster, and related court 
cases may affect future library services.  Could "Docster" be on 
the horizon?

We have pulled together an incredible panel of librarians, public 
policy analysts, academics, and lobbyists to discuss the 
challenges peer-to-peer networks and other emerging technologies 
present to libraries.     

Confirmed speakers include:

Manus Cooney, Vice President, Corporate and Public Policy 
Development, Napster, and former legislative counsel to Senator 
Orrin Hatch, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. 

Adam Eisgrau, Attorney, The Wexler Group, lobbyist to the Digital 
Media Association (DiMA) and former legislative counsel to the 
American Library Association.

Siva Vaidyhanathan, Assistant Professor of Communications and 
Culture, New York University and author of Copyrights and 
Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It Threatens 
Creativity.

Howard Besser, Associate Professor, UCLA School of Education and 
Information Studies and frequent speaker on copyright, the public 
domain, distance learning, and information technology.  

Our panel moderator is Chris Arnold of National Public Radio. 
Arnold's most recent work has focused on Napster and peer-to-peer 
technologies.  

We anticipate that this program will be packed and highly 
interactive, so be sure to get to the program early and grab a 
seat. 

When: Saturday, June 16th 2-4 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel (room to be 
announced in a future ALAWON). 

The program is co-sponsored by the OITP Copyright Advisory 
Committee and ACRL's Copyright Committee.  For more information, 
contact Carrie Russell, Copyright Specialist at 
crussell@alawash.org.
  

 

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