From:	 "Bill Gram-Reefer" <reefer@worldviewpr.com>
To:	 "Liz" <lwn@lwn.net>
Subject: Digital Rights v. Free Speech: THE PERFECT STORM!
Date:	 Mon, 7 May 2001 09:19:50 -0700

"Napster is bad" - Metallica and the Record Companies
"Napster is good" - Courtney Love and the Technology Community

Art and Technology, aka "Free Speech v. Digital Copyrights" are the new
forces of nature in the next perfect storm that will help determine the
future of information exchange on the net.

Batten down the hatches, Liz, as The Internet Security Conference (TISC)
CEO RoundTable on "Digital Rights Enforcement" rides the Tsunami June 6th
at the Century Plaza Hotel in LA.

See details below. Contact me ASAP if you are working on a related story so
I can get you patched into TISC faculty for comment, background, and/or for
press credential for Wedenesday and Thursday sessions, June 6-7.

Bill Gram-Reefer
WORLDVIEW

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Digital Media Copyright Enforcement is focus of The Internet Security
Conference's CEO Roundtable

LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA--- May 7, 2001--- How to protect free speech and
enforce copyright protection for digital media will be the focus of The
Internet Security Conference's (TISC) CEO Roundtable entitled, "Digital
Rights Enforcement."

To be held from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00: p.m., Wednesday, June 6th, at the
Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California, the TISC CEO Roundtable
will be moderated by Ian Poynter of Jerboa Inc. http://www.jerboa.com/
and Diana Kelley of Safewww Inc. http://www.safewww.com/. The "Digital
Rights Enforcement" Roundtable will discuss the issues surrounding
copyrights of digital material and the challenges entertainment and all
media face today in enforcing them.

The TISC CEO Roundtable will include discussion of the current events,
technologies and constitutional rights debate surrounding the Secure
Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) as it relates to the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA). Leading experts in digital copyright enforcement
and cryptography will join Poynter and Kelly including: Paul Schneck,
Paul Abbott and Talal Shamoon.

See http://www.tisc2001.com/symposium.html#s18 for Roundtable and
speaker info.

"Content producers, including film studios and the record industry, have
a vested interest in 'getting it right' when it comes to digital rights
management and digital distribution," explains Poynter. "Yet, how will
artists feel if they see that digital distribution is going to help
them, but that industry is not approaching it in a realistic way. We may
be on the brink of a fundamental shift between the artists and the rest
of the industry."

The TISC CEO Roundtable is part of the TISC Open House that includes the
TISC CLUE Award presentation and TISC Exhibitor Product Showcase. The
TISC Open House is free and open to the public with advance registration
prior to May 31, 2001. See http://www.tisc2001.com/open_house.html for
more TISC Open House information.

With a comprehensive 5-day curriculum on secure computing and
internetworking, TISC offers the most accomplished and recognized
experts in the industry who provide attendees with the tools needed to
help protect their networks, and to conduct successful forensic analysis
should they fall prey to attackers.

See http://www.tisc2001.com/agenda.html for the complete TISC agenda.
See http://www.tisc2001.com/faculty.html for TISC faculty bios.

Registration is now open to professionals wishing to stay on top of the
latest technology, product and practice innovations needed to achieve
security in an online environment. Conference and workshop tuition
ranges from $445 to $2,900, with free admission to the TISC Open House,
Wednesday afternoon with advance registration at
http://www.tisc2001.com/register.html.

Sponsored by Key3Media Group, AtomicTangerine, Symantec, and Trend
Micro, TISC is presented by Core Competence and Mactivity. Online
registration is now open at http://www.tisc2001.com. For more
information on TISC 2001 in Los Angeles, please visit
http://www.tisc2001.com or call 800-798-2928 or +1 408-354-2500.

CONTACT
David Piscitello, The Internet Security Conference, dave@corecom.com
Paul Kent, The Internet Security Conference, (408) 354-2500,
paul@mactivity.com
Bill Gram-Reefer, WORLDVIEW, (925) 676-4733, reefer@worldviewpr.com

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