[DMCA-Activists] Commerce Dept. Holding DRM Workshop and Seeks Comments

[Seth Johnson]

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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 15:51:54 -0400
From: Dave Farber <address@hidden>


This is one of the more off balanced  panels I have seen in
a long time. Djf

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From: Kevin Marks <address@hidden>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 12:43:31 -0700
To: address@hidden
Subject: Congress holding DRM hearing and want your comments

> http://www.ta.doc.gov/PRel/ma020710.htm
>
> MEDIA ADVISORY
>
> Workshop on Digital Content and "Rights Management"
>
> Officials Will Be Joined by Representatives of the
> Entertainment and Tech Industries
>
> Wednesday, July 17, 2002 1:00 PM ?4:00 PM
> U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 4830
> 14th and Constitution Avenues, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230
>
>
> Phil Bond, Under Secretary of Commerce for
> Technology and Chief of Staff to Secretary Don Evans,
> and James Rogan, Under Secretary of Commerce for
> Intellectual Property, will co-chair a roundtable
> discussion on the subject of digital content and
> rights management.
>
> This roundtable discussion builds upon a December
> 17, 2001 Technology Administration workshop that took
> an in-depth look at both technical and policy
> questions standing in the way of widespread
> availability of legitimate digital content over the
> Internet.
>
> The focus of this event will include: progress
> toward technical standards that provide the framework
> necessary to enable legitimate digital media
> distribution, developments in the market for digital
> content as well as consumer perceptions and
> expectations, and the proper role for the government
> in facilitating solutions that are best for
> innovation and best for consumers.
>
> Forrester Research estimates that by 2003 the market
> for digital downloads will be worth $2 billion, and
> that by 2004 up to 25% of all online music sales will
> be downloads. Many business leaders and government
> officials believe the wide availability of
> high-quality, legal digital content remains a key to
> further expediting penetration of broadband Internet
> services in the U.S. and the expansion of important
> technology-based industries.
>
> Co-chairs Bond and Rogan will be joined by:
>
> - Jack Valenti, of Motion Picture Association of America
> - Rhett Dawson, of Information Technology Industry Council
> - Joe Tasker, of Information Technology Association of America
> - Mitch Glazier, Record Industry Association of America
> - Jon Potter, Digital Media Association
> - Stewart Vendery, Vivendi Universal
> - Preston Padden, Disney
> - Mike Miron, ContentGuard
> - Rick Lane, News Corp
> - Gordon Lyon, NIST
> - Rob Reid, Listen.com
> - Phillip Maggi, Computer Systems Policy Project
> - Tim Sheehy, IBM
> - Andrew Moss, Microsoft
> - Ted Cohen, EMI
> - Doug Comer, Intel
> - Bob Schwartz, McDermott, Will & Emery (representing CEA and the Home 
> Recording Rights Coalition.)
>
> In preparation for this workshop, the Technology
> Administration invites public comment on our website at:
> http://www.ta.doc.gov/comments/comments.htm.
>
>
> Contacts:  Cheryl Mendonsa, Technology Administration
> Telephone: 202 482-8321
> Email: address@hidden, or
>
> Marjorie Weisskohl, Technology Administration
> Telephone: 202 482-0149
> Email: address@hidden

I've sent my comments in already - read them here:

http://www.quicktopic.com/15/D/Bw8pZVeLMHDnf.html

Send in your own comments here:

http://www.ta.doc.gov/comments/comments.htm

(they want them today)

There is also a group planning to attend as members of the
public, who
are stakeholders too:


> WE ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS!
>
> This coming Wednesday, July 17th, the United
> States Commerce Department is conducting a Public
> Workshop on digital entertainment and "rights
> management."  This "workshop" will be constituted
> of a panel including the MPAA's Jack Valenti, the
> RIAA's Mitch Glazier, Microsoft's Andrew Moss,
> and representatives for Disney, IBM, Intel,
> Vivendi Universal, EMI, and ContentGuard.  Please
> see the media releases pasted below for details.
>
> These panelists represent the major forces who
> have prompted Congress to propose such radical
> measures as Senator Fritz Holling's CBDTPA Bill,
> which proposes to require content control to be
> built into all computers.
>
> Since the public holds the largest stake in the
> prospects of digital information and
> communications technology, it is crucial that a
> strong showing be made at this meeting.
>
> If you can attend this meeting, please do so.
> If you can't,  please forward this message to
> any interested parties that you know.  Please
> reply to this email and let your interest in
> participating be known.  A group is being put
> together to attend this meeting and declare in
> no uncertain terms:
>
> WE ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS!
>
> Please attend, spread the word, reply to let
> it be known that you are participating, and
> help us put together a strong message and
> presentation of our concerns regarding this
> issue.
>
> Seth Johnson
>
>
> ----
>
> http://makeashorterlink.com/?A1EC62531
>
> SUMMARY: The United States Department of
> Commerce Technology Administration (TA)
> announces a public workshop on digital
> entertainment and its availability to
> consumers. The workshop will help gather data
> on such issues as the status of technical
> standards that provide the framework necessary
> to enable legitimate digital media
> distribution and the present state of
> strengths, weaknesses and availability of
> current and imminent technological solutions
> to protect digital content, barriers that are
> inhibiting movies, music and games from coming
> online.
>
> DATES: This workshop will be held on July 17,
> 2002, from 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
>
> ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the
> Herbert C. Hoover Building, 1401 Constitution
> Avenue, NW., Room 4830, Washington, DC.
> Entrance on 14th between Pennsylvania and
> Constitution Aves., NW.
>
> FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Further
> information relevant to the substantive issues
> to be addressed by this workshop may be
> obtained from Chris Israel Deputy Assistant
> Secretary for Technology Policy, Technology
> Administration, (202) 482-5687. Limited
> seating will be available to members of the
> general public. It is recommended that persons
> wishing to become general public attendees
> arrive early, as seating will be first come,
> first served.
>
> SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to its
> statutory authority found at 15 U.S.C. 3704(c),
> the Technology Administration is authorized,
> among other things, to conduct technology
> policy analyses to improve United States
> industrial productivity, technology, and
> innovation, cooperate with United States
> industry in the improvement of its
> productivity, technology, and ability to
> compete successfully in world markets, and
> identify technological needs, problems, and
> opportunities within and across industrial
> sectors, that, if addressed, could make a
> significant contribution to the economy of
> the United States.
>
>       With these responsibilities in mind,
> the Technology Administration is planning on
> holding a moderated series of informal
> discussions with relevant stakeholders to
> gather information on the availability of
> digital entertainment and status of copyright
> protection and rights management tools.  The
> discussions will help gather data on such
> issues as the strength, weaknesses and
> availability of technological solutions, as
> well as network capability, and the proper
> role for the Government in facilitating
> solutions that are best for innovation and
> best for consumers.
>
>       Topics to be addressed at the workshop include:
>
>      - The effectiveness of efforts to pursue
> technical standards or solutions that are
> designed to provide a more predictable and
> secure environment for digital transmission
> of copyright material;
>
>      - Major obstacles facing an open
> commercial exchange of digital content;
>
>      - What a future framework for success
> might entail;
>
>      - Current consumer attitude towards
> online entertainment.
>
>       The workshop will focus on these and
> other related issues. Anyone wishing to comment
> on these or raise related issues is free to do
> so, either in writing before the meeting, or in
> person at the meeting. Prior comments will be
> collected via the Technology Administration Web
> site--www.ta.doc.gov/<http://www.ta.doc.gov/.
> and are requested by July 11, 2002.
>
>       Authority: This work effort is being
> initiated pursuant to TA's statutory
> responsibilities, codified at section 3704 of
> Title 15 of the United States Code.
>
>       Dated: June 28, 2002.
>
> Phillip J. Bond,
> Undersecretary of Commerce for Technology.
> [FR Doc. 02-16740 Filed 7-2-02; 8:45 am]
> BILLING CODE 3510-18-M

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