Calling all FMC supporters! We’re less than a ten days away from our
second Annual Policy Summit, which is January 7-8, 2002 at Georgetown
University’s Gaston Hall. Now that panelists are confirmed, volunteers
are waiting, and musicians are tuning up, all we need is you!
RECENTLY CONFIRMED PANELISTS:
* Charlie Sanders, NMPA/Harry Fox * Bernice Johnson Reagon, Sweey Honey
in the Rock * Jim Guerinot, Rebel Waltz Management (Offspring/No Doubt)
* Phil Leigh, Vice President, Raymond James & Associates
These folks round out the already-impressive list of panelists:
- Chris Amenita, VP New Media and Technology, ASCAP
- Colleen Andersen, Business Development Manager, MSN® Music
- Dagfinn Bach, Artspages.org
- John T. Baker IV, President and CEO, Loudeye
- John Perry Barlow, Cofounder, Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Jon Baumgarten, Attorney, Proskauer Rose LLP
- Yochai Benkler, Professor, NYU Law School
- Marilyn Bergman, President, ASCAP
- Tim Bierman, Pearl Jam "Ten Club" manager
- Eric Boehlert, Salon.com
- David Bollier, Co-founder, Public Knowledge
- Jose Bowen, Director of Music Program, Georgetown University
- Whitney Broussard, Attorney, Selverne Mandelbaum and Mintz
- Jim Burger, Attorney, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson
- David Carson, General Counsel, US Copyright Office
- Brian Chater, President, CIRPA
- Ann Chaitovitz, Director of Sound Recordings, AFTRA
- Ted Cohen, VP of New Media EMI Recorded Music
- Richard Conlon, VP Marketing and Business Development, BMI
- Manus Cooney, VP Corporate and Policy Development, Napster
- Jay Cooper, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
- Miles Copeland, Ark21 Records
- Mark Cuban, Founder, Broadcast.com
- Alan Davidson, Associate Director and Staff Counsel, Center for Democracy
and Technology
- Pat DiNizio, The Smithereens / XM Radio
- Ric Dube , Fenway Recordings
- Adam Eisgrau, Adjunct Professor, Communication, Culture and Technology,
Georgetown University
- Marshall Eubanks, Multicast Technologies
- Dave Farber , Penn Initiative for Markets, Technology and Policy
- Edward Felten, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Princeton
University
- Dave Fagin, The Rosenbergs
- Ron Gertz, President, Music Reports
- Danny Goldberg, President, Artemis Records
- Jim Griffin , CEO, Cherry Lane Digital
- Robin Gross, Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Bill Holland, Washington Bureau Chief, Billboard Magazine
- Pam Horovitz, President, NARM
- Peter Jaszi, Professor, American University,Washington College of
Law
- Peter Jenner, Chairman, AURA
- Dean Kay, ASCAP
- Rick Karr, Cultural Correspondent, NPR News
- Jon Kertzer, Director, Smithsonian Global Sound
- Bruce Lehman, International Intellectual Property Institute
- Jessica Litman, Professor, Wayne State University
- Ian MacKaye, Dischord Records/Fugazi
- Dave Marsh, Journalist and critic
- John McCutcheon, folkmusic.com / AFM local 1000
- Walter McDonough, General Counsel, FMC
- Krist Novoselic, Nirvana/President, JAMPAC
- Sandy Pearlman, VP Media Development, Moodlogic.com
- Marybeth Peters, Registrar, US Copyright Office
- Jonathan Potter, Executive Director, DIMA
- Ann Powers, Experience Music Project
- Amy Ray, Indigo Girls / Daemon Records
- Toshi Reagon, singer/songwriter
- Rob Reid, Founder, Listen.com
- Brian Robertson, President, Canadian Recording Industry Association
- Debra Rose , Counsel, House Subcommittee on the Courts, the Internet
and Intellectual Property
- Hilary Rosen, President and CEO, RIAA
- Jay Rosenthal, Recording Artist Coalition
- David Sanjek, BMI Archivist and Author
- Cary Sherman, Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel,
RIAA
- Tom Silverman, CEO, Tommy Boy Records
- John Simson, Director of Artist and Label Relations, Sound Exchange
- Derek Sivers, CD Baby
- Ted Tanner Jr., Audio-Video Architecture Strategist, Microsoft Corporation
- Jonathan Tasini, National Writer’s Union
- Johnny Temple, Girls Against Boys / Akashic Press
- Michael Tiemann, CTO, Red Hat
- Vivek Tiwary, Star Polish
- Joe Uehlein, Director, Strategic Campaigns, AFL-CIO
- Brian Austin Whitney, Just Plain Folks
- Brian Zisk, Technologies Director, FMC
CHECK OUT THE SCHEDULE of PANELS and SPECIAL EVENTS:
Monday, January 7: http://www.futureofmusic.org/events/summit0102/schedule.cfm
Tuesday, January 8: http://www.futureofmusic.org/events/summit0102/schedule2.cfm
HEAR A PREVIEW:
On Friday, January 4, 1:00 PM ET Jenny Toomey and Michael Bracy will
be Live Online at the Washington Post. Go here to submit questions or
to tune in:
http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/01/music_toomey010402.htm
ATTENTION LAWYERS POLICY SUMMIT WORTH 7 CLE CREDITS
This program has been approved by the Pennsylvania and Virginia CLE
Boards for 7 hours of substantive law, practice, and procedure CLE credit,
with reciprocity for credits granted by many other state bars, including
California. Lawyers who are interested in reciprocity should contact
their state bars to confirm the applicability.
MONDAY NIGHT CONCERT ANNOUNCED
As with last year, we have invited a number of musicians and bands to
play at the conference, so that it’s not all about talk but also about
music! Plus, we’ve organized a special concert for Monday night in Gaston
Hall with:
Last Train Home (DC’s own alt-country favorites)
Lester Chambers (of the legendary Chambers Brothers)
Danielle Howle (SC’s own fast-talkin’ gal rocker, on Daemon/Kill
Rock Stars)
All ages! Tickets: $5 Doors at 8:00 PM
directions: http://www.futureofmusic.org/events/summit0102/directions.cfm
MUSICIAN SCHOLARSHIPS STILL AVAILABLE
As with last year, we have invited a number of musicians to join us
at the event, as performers during the conference AND as participants
in the debate. Because of some generous contributions from our sponsors,
over 100 musicians are able to attend the event on a scholarship status,
and there are a handful of spaces left! We would encourage any working
musicians who want to engage in the music/tech debate and better understand
the issues affecting their livelihood to fill out a scholarship application
online at:
http://www.futureofmusic.org/events/summit0102/scholarship.cfm
REGISTER NOW
Registration fee includes access to all panels, breakfast and lunch,
and CLE materials for practicing lawyers:
$750 for a two-day pass
-OR-
choose a one-day pass:
$400 for Monday only -or- $400 for Tuesday only
It’s easy! Register online
MEMBER DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE
We would like to extend a disounted rate to our most active supporters.
We have made special arrangements with WALA, ASCAP, AFIM, CPSR, and
NARM to offer their members a special discounted rate. There are also
discounts available for FMC newsletter subscribers (that’s you!!) ,
employees of government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and a limited
number of very low prices for students. Registration is a bit different,
but just as easy. Go to this
page and follow the instructions.
PRESS CREDENTIALING:
If you are a member of the media and are interested in press credentials,
go here to fill out a
form that will go to our media contact, Sonya Kolowrat.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?
Check out the FMC website for more information about the conference,
or to read about last year’s event. If you have other questions, please
email us at conference [at] futureofmusic [dot] org.
Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you next week.