[atlarge-discuss] DC events: Cato on ICANN (7/23) and CEI on copyright (7/22) - Spcl. Attn. Izumi Aizu

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

All assembly members, stakeholders/users, or other interested parties,

  Looks like Congress is still very interested in ICANN!

FYI:  From Polytech:

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Subject: FC: DC events: Cato on ICANN (7/23) and CEI on copyright (7/22)

   Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 23:38:50 -0400
   From:  Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
     To:  politech@politechbot.com---

Subject: ICANN book forum (7/23, 11:00 at Cato)
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 10:43:08 -0400
From: "Adam Thierer" <athierer@cato.org>
To: <declan@well.com>

Declan... Politech readers may be interested in this Cato Institute
ICANN
debate next Tuesday at 11:00. As always, it's free and open to the
public.
Thanks, - - Adam T.

________________________

"Who Rules the Root? ICANN, Domain Names, and the Battle over Internet
Governance"

Cato Institute BOOK FORUM
Tuesday, July 23, 2002
11:00 a.m. (Luncheon to follow)
The Cato Institute / 1000 Massachusetts Avenue, NW

Featuring:
Milton Mueller, Author, Ruling the Root: Internet Governance and the
Taming
of Cyberspace (MIT Press, 2002)

with comments by:

Ira C. Magaziner (invited), SJS Advisors
Michael M. Roberts, The Darwin Group
Harold Feld, Media Access Project.

        Critics of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers (ICANN)
claim that it's an unaccountable global regulatory regime that is using
its
control of the domain name "root" to regulate the Internet. ICANN
supporters respond by noting that the young organization is striving to
achieve international consensus on a complicated set of issues and that
no
better system currently exists. In his new book, Syracuse University
professor Milton Mueller argues that sweeping changes and a fresh start
are
needed. ICANN experts will be on hand to provide additional perspectives

and comment on Mueller's conclusions.

*** Cato book forums and luncheons are open to the public and free of
charge. To register for this event, please fill out the form below and
click submit or call Julie Cullifer by 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 22,
2002,
at (202) 789-5229, fax her at (202) 371-0841, or e-mail to
jcullifer@cato.org. If you can't make it to the Cato Institute, watch
this
forum live online.

______________________________
Adam D. Thierer
Director of Telecommunications Studies
Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20001
202-789-5211
(f) 202-842-3490
athierer@cato.org
Cato Tech Info: www.cato.org/tech/index.html
Cato Home Page: www.cato.org

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Subject: Invitation to Forum on Intellectual Property
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 12:05:02 -0400
From: "James V. Delong" <JDeLong@cei.org>
To: <declan@well.com>
Cc: "Maura McGonigle" <mmcgonigle@cei.org>

Declan --
Could you pass this on to Politech readers, who might, I would imagine,
be
interested?
Thanks.
Jim

James V. DeLong
Senior Fellow - Project on Technology & Innovation
Competitive Enterprise Institute
1001 Connecticut Ave., NW - Suite 1250
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 331-1010 TEL       (202) 331-0640 FAX
jdelong@cei.org        http://www.cei.org/sections/section38.cfm


COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE                 INSTITUTE FOR POLICY
INNOVATION


Invasion of the Idea Snatchers:  Defending Technological and Artistic
Innovation

A Forum on Intellectual Property Rights



When:           Monday, July 22, 2002, 8:00 am 2:00 pm

Where:          Senate Caucus Room

Rm. 325 Russell Senate Office Building



Much current public policy debate is swirling around issues of
intellectual
property.  Whether it s downloading music, movies, software or other
copyrighted material with Napster, Kazaa or Gnutella; legislative
attempts
to control drug costs through weakening pharmaceutical patents; or AIDS
activists demanding free prescription drugs, intellectual property is
under
attack politically and economically, at home and abroad.



The U.S. currently produces 43 percent of the world s creative
output.  What will happen if Congress or other countries significantly
undermine the intellectual property protections that give our artists,
actors, writers, scientists and researchers the incentive to create?
Does
intellectual property protection stifle competition and increase
prices?  Or does it encourage competition, expand knowledge and
strengthen
the economy?


The Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Institute for Policy
Innovation are assembling experts from the creative industries to
address
these questions.  Representatives from the software, hardware,
pharmaceutical and entertainment industries will discuss the role and
importance of intellectual property.  Others will explain what is
happening
internationally, and prospects for the future.



Many of the upcoming legislative and judicial battles will revolve
around
these issues.  To understand them better, attend this forum.



Speakers/Panelists include:

Richard A. Epstein, University of Chicago Law School, James Parker Hall
Professor, Distinguished Service Professor of Law

Susan O. Mann, Microsoft, Federal Government Affairs Manager

Robert A. Armitage, Eli Lilly & Co., Vice-President and General Patent
Counsel, Lilly Research Laboratories.

Fritz Attaway, Motion Picture Association of America, General Counsel

Jeffrey Lawrence, Intel, Lead Attorney for Intel s Content Protection
Program

Michael K. Kirk, American Intellectual Property Law Association,
Executive
Director

Jonathan Zuck, Association for Competitive Technology, Executive
Director

Tentative:  Q. Todd Dickinson, former Director of U.S. Patent and
Trademark
Office; Partner & Co-Chair of Howrey Simon Arnold & White s Intellectual

Property Practice



**For a more details, visit our website at www.cei.org.  This event is
free
of charge but reservations are necessary.  For more information or to
RSVP
please contact Maura McGonigle at (202) 331-1010 or mmcgonigle@cei.org



Agenda:



8:00 am 9:00 am               Registration/Continental Breakfast

9:00 am 9:10 am                Welcome

9:10 am 9:30 am                Overview of Intellectual Property World


tentatively,
Q. Todd Dickinson

9:30 am 10:30 am              Industry Panel

                                                             Software:
Susan O. Mann, Microsoft


Entertainment:
Fritz Attaway, MPAA

                                                             Hardware:
Jeffrey Lawrence, Intel


Pharmaceutical:
Robert A. Armitage, Eli Lilly

10:30 am 10:45 am            Break

10:45 am 11:45 am            Q&A with Industry Panel

                                                             Moderators
James V. DeLong, CEI, and Dr. Merrill

Matthews, IPI, pose hardball questions to panelists

Audience questions

11:45 am 12:30 pm            International Dimensions of Intellectual
Property

                                                             Michael K.
Kirk, AIPLA

                                                             Jonathan
Zuck,
Assoc. for Competitive Technology

12:30 am 1:45 am              Lunch/Lunch Speaker

                                                             Richard A.
Epstein, Professor of Law, University of

Chicago Law School






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