ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 10, Number 47 June 5, 2001 In this issue: Save the Date!: Will the "Play" Button become a "Pay" Button? Join Chris Arnold of National Public Radio conduct an in-depth interview with some of the players, attorneys, and cultural commentators as they discuss Napster, digital distribution models, and their effect on libraries. This exciting program titled "I Want My MP3: Sharing and Ownership in the Digital Age" is scheduled for Saturday, June 16th from 2-4 pm in the Grand Hyatt Plaza Ballroom East. Confirmed speakers include: Manus Cooney, Napster, Vice President for Corporate and Policy Development. Cooney, former Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee and principal legal and policy advisor to Senator Orrin Hatch, now represents Napster before Congress. Has the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, copyright legislation Cooney in part drafted, given too much corporate control over the development of the "content" marketplace? Adam Eisgrau, Principal & Director, The Wexler Group, and legislative counsel to the Digital Media Association. Eisgrau, former Legislative Counsel on Intellectual Property to the ALA's Washington Office, now advises new digital media groups who promote alternative business and distribution models for media content. A staunch defender of the public interest and libraries, Eisgrau was a founding member of the Digital Futures Coalition and lobbied against the DMCA. Siva Vaidhyanathan, Professor of Culture and Communication, New York University. Vaidhyanathan, author of "Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It Threatens Creativity," will talk about the ways in which Napster has affected the ways the public talks about copyright. Siva is frequent columnist for The Nation, has been interviewed a number of times on NPR, and has testifed before the U.S. Copyright Office in support of libraries. Howard Besser, Professor of Information Studies, UCLA Besser, public interest activist and a frequent speaker on intellectual property issues to libraries and arts groups, was a member of the National Academy of Science panel that authored The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age. Besser, a thought-provoking commentator, has also testified before the Copyright Office on behalf of libraries and educators. Don't miss this unique conference program! Arrive early to get a good seat! For more information, contact Carrie Russell, Copyright Specialist for the ALA's Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) at crussell@alawash.org. This program is co-sponsored by OITP and the ACRL Copyright Committee. ****** ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is a free, irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office. All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. To subscribe to ALAWON, send the message: subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname] to listproc@ala.org or go to http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. To unsubscribe to ALAWON, send the message: unsubscribe ala-wo to listproc@ala.org. ALAWON archives at http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. ALA Washington Office, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 403, Washington, D.C. 20004-1701; phone: 202.628.8410 or 800.941.8478 toll-free; fax: 202.628.8419; e-mail: alawash@alawash.org; Web site: http://www.ala.org/washoff. Executive Director: Emily Sheketoff. Office of Government Relations: Lynne Bradley, Director; Mary Costabile, Peter Kaplan, Miriam Nisbet and Claudette Tennant. Office for Information Technology Policy: Rick Weingarten, Director; Jennifer Hendrix, Carrie Russell and Saundra Shirley. ALAWON Editor: Bernadette Murphy.