[Ecommerce] FYI: Copyright and Privacy Conference Nov.18, 2004

[Manon Ress]

 We are pleased to announce the following conference for November 18 th,
> 2004.
> Please feel free to pass this along.
> Please contract Michele Bridges, by e-mail at 6bridges@jmls.edu or phone
> at 312-427-2737 ext. 581 for further information.
> We have a special rate for government and academic folks.
> Regards
> Howard Knopf
> 7Knopf@jmls.edu
>
> CONFERENCE AT JMLS - NOVEMBER 18th, 2004
> COPYRIGHT & PRIVACY: COLLISION OR COEXISTENCE?
> THE STANDARD CLUB
> CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
> 8:50 am
> INTRO - Vice Dean John Corkery & Prof. Howard Knopf
> PART I - THROUGH THE COPYRIGHT LENS
> 9:00 am to 10:50 am
> THE RECORDING INDUSTRY LAWSUITS - METHODS OF OBTAINING DISCLOSURE AND
> RESULTS
>                 Matt Oppenheim - Jenner & Block LLP - Counsel for RIAA
>                 Sarah Deutsch - VP Legal - Verizon
>                 Rod Dorman - Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman LLP - Counsel for
> KaZaA
>                 Prof. Hugh Hansen - Fordham
>                 Prof. John Palfrey - Harvard
>                 Prof. Michael Geist - University of Ottawa
> Commentator: Ralph Oman
> Moderator: Vice Dean John Corkery
> Q & A
> This panel will examine the recent litigation by the recording industry
> against P2P users in the U.S.A. and Canada. How are users' identities
> being obtained? Is the process working well enough or too well? What are
> the technical, evidentiary, procedural, privacy, policy and substantive
> copyright issues at play?
> Part II - THOUGH THE TECHNOLOGY LENS
> 11:05 am - 12:00 pm
> TECHNOLOGY & PRIVACY GENERALLY - IP Issues and Beyond
>                 Fred Von Lohmann - EFF
>                 Prof. Doris Long - JMLS
>                 Prof. Michael Geist
> Commentator: Prof. Leslie Reis
> Moderator: Prof. David Sorkin
> Q & A
> How is new technology impacting on the more general question of privacy in
> cyberspace? Is the original notion of an expectation of anonymity on the
> Interment still viable? Can technology pierce though the expectation of
> privacy, even without judicial interference? Do individuals need
> protection from such technology? Is there technology available to protect
> the individual? Should these technological tools be regulated? Should the
> law differentiate between various types of alleged "illegal" behavior,
> e.g. IP infringement, defamation, possession of pornography, terrorism?
> LUNCH
> Hon. Marybeth Peters - Register of Copyrights
> Ms. Peters will provide a post-election report on the legislative agenda
> in Washington and the current policy role of the United States Copyright
> Office.
> PART III - THROUGH THE PRIVACY LENS
> 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
> a. Prof. Julie Cohen - Georgetown
> b. Prof. Peter Swire - Ohio State
> Commentator: Prof. David Sorkin
> Moderator: Prof. Leslie Reis
> Q & A
> What legal tools do privacy advocates have available to defend an
> individual's right to privacy? How far does this right go? How should
> these rights be defended - or if necessary - curtailed? What is the role
> of Government, of the practising bar, and of academics?
> PART IV - THROUGH THE WIDE ANGLE LENS - IS "ALTERNATIVE COMPENSATION" AN
> ALTERNATIVE?
> 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
> a. Prof. William W. Fisher (Harvard)
> b. Prof. Tony Reese (Visiting Stanford)
> c. Prof. Howard Knopf (JMLS)
> Commentator: Prof. Hugh Hansen
> Moderator: Associate Dean Bill Mock (JMLS)
> Q & A
> Some have proposed "alternative compensation schemes" as a means of
> compensating copyright owners and creators for P2P activity while avoiding
> litigation. Some have proposed a streamlined dispute resolution system
> that would allow for enforcement in a manner analogous to the URDP model.
> Others question whether private copying should necessarily be viewed as
> illegal and whether any alternative compensation scheme is viable.
> PART V - THROUGH THE POLITICAL LENS
> 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
> THE POLITICS OF PRIVACY and P2P
> d. Mitch Glazier - RIAA
> e. Chris Hoofnagle - EPIC
> f. Declan McCullagh - journalist and commentator
> g. Fred Von Lohmann - EFF
> h. Ralph Oman - Dechert LLP
> Commentators: Prof. William W. Fisher (Harvard)
> Prof. Howard Knopf (JMLS)
> Moderator: Associate Dean Gerry Berendt (JMLS)
> Q & A
> Veteran beltway players will discuss the politics of P2P and Privacy. How
> far can or should Congress go? Can the U.S.A. export its values or its
> laws in this area? Are content owners in a losing Luddite struggle? What
> is the role of litigator, lobbyists and legislators in this war?
> 5:30 PM
> RECEPTION
> October 18, 2004 - program subject to change
>
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> Forwarded by:
> Bruce Couchman
> Ottawa, Canada
> couchman.bruce@ic.gc.ca