[DMCA-Activists] Commerce Department DRM Workshop

[Seth Johnson]

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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 13:17:53 -0700
From: tom poe <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden


Hi, Kevin: Your quicktopic comments are worthy of testimony
at the meeting. Excellent insight, clarity, and focus of the
issues, rather than reaction to double-speak. I applaud your
work.
thanks,
Tom Poe
Reno, NV

Kevin Marks wrote:
> Tom and others, for some context on the issues, read my submitted comments:
> 
> 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)
> 
> ------------------------------
> http://mediagora.com  - encourage copying, expect payment
> 
> 
> On Thursday, July 11, 2002, at 08:53 AM, tom poe wrote:
> 
>> Please forward to any mail lists that you are on. We want to spread 
>> the word, over and over and over.
>> Thanks, Tom
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: DC 7/17:  We Are The Stakeholders!
>> Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 11:04:09 -0400
>>
>> 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
>>
>> ----
>>
>> 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


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