FC: Cato Institute tech-and-society conf 11/14 on intellectual prop.

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[The Cato Institute was kind enough to invite me to moderate a panel at 
this event. --Declan]

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From: "Jerry Brito" <jbrito () cato org>
To: <declan () well com>
Subject: Cato IP conference will rock!
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 12:06:46 -0400

Declan,

I thought your Politech readers might like to know about Cato's upcoming IP
conference. We certainly look forward to you moderating the panel "Should
Code Breakers Go to Jail? The Limits of Fair Use and Anti-circumvention."
Here's some info I hope you can pass along.

The one-day event is Cato's fifth annual Technology and Society conference
and it's on Wednesday, November 14. This year's focus is on "The Future of
Intellectual Property in the Information Age." Speakers include Rep. Rick
Boucher (D-Va.), Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), and EFF's John Perry Barlow.

I've included a text program below. For a more fancy one and to register,
one can go to:

http://www.cato.org/events/futureip/program.html

Thanks for your help as always,
Jerry Brito

PROGRAM

8:00­8:30 a.m.
Registration


8:30­8:45 a.m.
Welcoming Remarks
Patrick Dillon, Editor, Forbes ASAP


8:45­9:30 a.m.
Morning Keynote Speech
Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.)


9:30­10:30 a.m.
Panel #1: First Principles
"Framing the Great Debate: What Rights Do We Have in Our Intangible
Intellectual Creations?"

Moderator: Adam Thierer, Director of Telecommunications Studies, Cato
Institute

James V. DeLong, Senior Fellow, Project on Technology and Innovation,
Competitive Enterprise Institute, and Author, Property Matters

Tom W. Bell, Associate Professor, Chapman University School of Law


10:30­10:45 a.m.
Break


10:45 a.m.­12:00 p.m.
Panel #2: Copyright-1
"Digital Rights Management, Fair Use and Compulsory Licensing or Where Is
Copyright Headed in the Post-Napster World: Legal or Market Solutions?"

Moderator: Wayne Crews, Director of Technology Studies, Cato Institute

Frank G. Hausmann, Chairman and CEO, CenterSpan Communications Corp.

Mitch Glazier, Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Legislative
Counsel, Recording Industry Association of America

Stan Liebowitz, Professor of Managerial Economics, University of Texas at
Dallas

Robin Gross, Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation and Campaign for
Audiovisual Free Expression


12:00­12:45 p.m.
Lunch—Wintergarden


12:45­1:30 p.m.
Luncheon Address
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)


1:30­2:45 p.m.
Panel #3: Copyright-2
"Technology vs. Technology: Should Code Breakers Go to Jail? The Limits of
Fair Use and Anti-circumvention"

Moderator: Declan McCullagh, Washington Bureau Chief, Wired News

Marc J. Zwillinger, Partner and Group Leader of the Cyberlaw and Information
Security Practice, Kirkland & Ellis

Emery Simon, Special Counsel, Business Software Alliance

Julie Cohen, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Mike Godwin, Policy Fellow, Center for Democracy and Technology


2:45­3:00 p.m.
Break


3:00-3:30 p.m.
Afternoon Keynote Address
John Perry Barlow, Co-Founder,
Electronic Frontier Foundation


3:30­4:45 p.m.
Panel #4: Patents
"Business Method Patents: Logical Evolution or Radical Break from the Past?"

Moderator: Drew Clark, Senior Writer, National Journal Technology Daily

Paul Misener, Vice President, Global Public Policy, Amazon.com

Michael Nugent, Heller Ehrman, Financial Technologies Practice Group, and
former Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Walker Digital

Peter Wayner, Author, Digital Copyright Protection and "How Can They Patent
That?"

Greg Aharonian, Editor, Internet Patent News Service, and Creator of
www.bustpatents.com


4:45­5:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks




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