[Ecommerce] Dudas to speak to Alexandria 7 to 11 year old kids about Illegal Downloading... (CORRECTED VERSION)

Manon Ress manon.ress@cptech.org
Mon Mar 27 16:36:02 2006


This is not a joke.  Let's hope 2d grade is not too late!
manon

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MEDIA ADVISORY					CONTACT:  Brigid Quinn
March 27, 2006						(571) 272-8400 or
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U.S. Government Official To Speak to Schoolchildren about Illegal
Downloading and Copying Kids to Be Taught the Value of Respecting
Others'
Intellectual Property

Alexandria, VA. -U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property
Jon Dudas will stress the importance of respecting others' intellectual
property in remarks before an assembly of second through sixth
graders at
Ft. Hunt Elementary School in Alexandria, VA.  In his remarks, Dudas
will
remind students that downloading and copying music, movies and video
games
without the permission of the artists' or copyright holders'
permission is
illegal.

WHO:	Jon Dudas, under secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property
and
director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

WHAT:	Remarks to local children on the importance of intellectual
property, patents, copyrights and trademarks

WHEN: 	Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m.

WHERE:	Ft. Hunt Elementary School
                      8832 Linton Lane
                      Alexandria, VA  22308
                      Phone:  703/619-2600

WEB:	Visit http://www.uspto.gov/ to learn more about the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office.

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