Internet Caucus
State of the Net Conference
Hyatt Regency, Washington, DC
February 9, 2005, 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM

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Track B: Intellectual Property Protection and Innovation

Breakout Session 1

DRM: How Will Content Be Delivered on the Internet?

> > Grace Agnew, Digital Library Systems, Rutgers University Libraries [bio]
> > Alan Bell, Warner Bros. [bio]
> > John Canning, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Corp. [bio]
> > Bill Rosenblatt, DRM Watch [bio]
> > Moderator: Jerry Berman, Center for Democracy & Technology [bio]

Breakout Session 2

Congressional Staff Panel on Intellectual Property and Innovation

> > Alec French, Minority Counsel, House Judiciary Committee
> > Michael Sullivan, Legislative Assistant for Senator Ensign
> > Richard Phillips, Minority Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee
> > David Jones, Senate Judiciary Committee, Majority
> > Tom Sydnor, Senate Judiciary Committee, Majority
> > Moderator: Paul Martino, Former Majority Counsel, Senate Commerce Committee [bio]

Breakout Session 3

Anticipating Grokster: A Betamax Standard for the Digital Age? Download MP3 Audio

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Perhaps the most eagerly awaited policy development of 2005 will be the Supreme Court's ruling in the Grokster case due in July. The case will likely be the most complex and significant Internet case the highest court has heard since ACLU vs. Reno. The decentralized nature of the Internet combined with the Betamax standard could collide with established intellectual property rights and emerging digital rights management technologies. The panel will discuss what's at stake in the case, where the Court will likely come out, and what Congress needs to do to prepare for either contingency.

> > Moderator: Alan Davidson, Center for Democracy and Technology [bio]
> > Viet Dinh, Georgetown University Law Center [bio]
> > Pam Samuelson, U.C. Berkeley School of Law [bio]

Respondents Panel
> > David Green, Motion Picture Association of America
> > James Burger, Dow Lohnes & Albertson PLLC [bio]
> > Jonathan Potter, DiMA [bio]

Contact
Danielle Yates at [email protected] or 202-638-4370 for more information.

This event is hosted in conjunction with the Internet Caucus and its co-chairs--Senators Conrad Burns (R-MT) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Congressmen Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Rick Boucher (D-VA).