On December 11 2014 the Copyright Society of the USA’s New York Chapter presented a luncheon panel – Fair Compensation or a Pandora’s Box? Pre-1972 Sound Recordings & Streaming Radio – at the Princeton Club in NYC. A panel looked at the legal framework and issues involved in the recent lawsuits involving royalties for webcasting of pre-1972 sound recordings. After providing a background of the key issues, the panel discussed the potential practical impacts of affirmance or reversal of the recent Flo & Eddie decision, as well as whether the state-based issue of common law copyright for pre-1972 recordings is a matter that should be resolved at the federal level. Panel: Tucker McCrady – Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Gianni Servodidio – Jenner & Block; Moderator: June M. Besek – Executive Director, Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts at Columbia Law School. Video/audio is below.
Today, Wednesday December 31 2014, the ISOC-NY TV show will present an edited version of Tim Wu – Net Neutrality and You talk to the Village Independent Democrats on December 11 2014. See the unedited video below.
What: ISOC-NY TV Show – Tim Wu – Net Neutrality and You
Where: Manhattan Neighborhood Network
When: Wednesday December 31 2pm-3pm EDT | 1800-1900 UTC
Manhattan Cable: TWC 56 / 1996 | RCN 83 | FiOS 34
Webcast: http://www.mnn.org/live/2-lifestyle-channel
View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/Q3CVRHqEyIg
Transcribe on AMARA: http://www.amara.org/en/videos/LeAtIPouy9yU/
Today, Thursday December 18 2014 at 9am EST, the European Institute will host “The Busan Consensus: A Turning Point“ in Washington DC. A panel will consider the outcomes of the recent ITU Plenipotentiary Conference. Speakers: Ambassador Daniel Sepulveda, Deputy Assistant Secretary and U.S. Coordinator for International Communication and Information Policy, U.S. Department of State; Sally Shipman Wentworth, Vice President of Global Policy Development, Internet Society; Marie Royce, Senior Director International Affairs, Alcatel-Lucent; Leslie Martinkovics, Director of International Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, Verizon; Andrea Glorioso, Counselor, Digital Agenda & ICT, Delegation of the European Union; Moderator: Dr. Michael Nelson, Adjunct Professor, Internet Studies,Communication, Culture, & Technology Program, Georgetown University. The event will be webcast live via the Internet Society Livestream Channel.
What: The Busan Consensus: A Turning Point
Where: Cosmos Club, Washington DC
When: Thursday December 18 2014 at 9:00-10:30am EST | 14:00-16:30 UTC
Webcast: https://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/EI-PP-14/
Twitter: #plenipot14 + @EuroInstituteDC
In 2013 the Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality has issued a report The Value of Network Neutrality for the Internet of Tomorrow that explores some of the most crucial facets of Network Neutrality, underscoring its close relationship with the full enjoyment of end-users fundamental rights. The report also includes a proposal for a Model Framework on Network Neutrality that has been elaborated by the Dynamic Coalition through an open, inclusive and multi-stakeholder effort, in order to promote an efficient safeguard of the Net Neutrality principle in accordance with international human rights standards.
Download the report: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2468534
In 2014 the Dynamic Coalition followed up with its second report Network Neutrality: an Ongoing Regulatory Debate. The report, which includes a preface by Vint Cerf, offers a collection of independent analyses exploring existing and proposed regulatory approaches to net neutrality and scrutinising the economic justifications that support the network neutrality principle.
Download the report: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4CMvT0NORh9YlRxWjI1ZHhRRlk/edit?pli=1
Today, Friday December 12 2014 the Cato Institute is holding the 2014 Cato Institute Surveillance Conference. This inaugural Cato Institute Surveillance Conference will explore questions such as: Are surveillance tools a vital weapon against criminals and terrorists — or a threat to privacy and freedom? How should tracking technologies be regulated by the Fourth Amendment and federal law? Can we reconcile the secrecy that spying demands with the transparency that democratic accountability requires? Speakers include Eric Schmidt of Google. There is a live webcast via Livestream: http://www.cato.org/live.
On Thursday December 18 2014 the Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) and Connecting .nyc will be holding its 2014 Holiday Party. The party will be preceded by a panel – Premium .nyc Domain Names & Public Interest Commitments which will consider whether major generic .nyc domain names such as hotels.nyc, news.nyc, pizza.nyc, schools.nyc & sports.nyc have public interest conditions attached to their operation? Or should they, as planned, be sold to the highest bidder for whatever purpose they fancy? Confirmed panelists: Avri Doria, ISOC-NY; Gabriel Levitt, V.P. Pharmacychecker.com; and Thomas Lowenhaupt, Connecting.nyc Inc. plus we hope to have representatives of the Mayor’s Office and .nyc operator Neustar. This will all happen at the BLIP Clinic DUMBO Outpost and there will be a live webcast (of the panel only) via the Internet Society Webcast Channel. Tom Lowenhaupt has made an introductory video for the event which you can see below.
What: Premium .nyc Domain Names & Public Interest Commitments
Where: Blip Clinic DUMBO Outpost, 55 Washington St #321, Brooklyn
When: Thursday December 18 2014 6:30pm EST | 23:30 UTC
Webcast: https://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/dotnyc
Register: http://www.meetup.com/isoc-ny/events/219169729/ (free)
Twitter:#premiumnames + @dotnyc
What: ISOC-NY and Connecting .nyc Holiday Party
Where: Blip Clinic DUMBO Outpost, 55 Washington St #321, Brooklyn
When: Thursday December 18 2014 7:45pm EST
Webcast: None
Register: http://www.meetup.com/isoc-ny/events/219169844/ (free)
Twitter:#party + @isocny
View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/_yrDOu26RVc
Transcribe on AMARA: http://www.amara.org/en/videos/EN7Cc7f0gkNv/
On Thursday December 11 2014 the Village Independent Democrats presented Tim Wu speaking on “Net Neutrality and You” at the St. John’s Lutheran Church Annex in Greenwich Village NYC. Tim Wu coined the expression “Net Neutrality” – the principle that Internet service providers should offer equal access to all content and applications and equal service to all users. While the Obama administration embraces this concept and considers the internet a public utility, there are powerful lobbies and a Republican-dominated Congress that could block or severely modify Net Neutrality. Professor Wu’s talk explained how net neutrality benefits American consumers and the American economy. The talk was webcast live by ISOC-NY via YouTube. HD video is below
View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/Q3CVRHqEyIg
Transcribe on AMARA: http://www.amara.org/en/videos/LeAtIPouy9yU/
Twitter: #netneutrality + @villagedemocrat
Today Wednesday December 10 2014 the Internet Society will present the Central Asian Internet Symposium, Bishkek 2014 in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic. The Central Asia region serves as a strategic link between Asia and Europe for terrestrial Internet connectivity. Many international and regional organizations are recognizing the economic and social impact of an improved regional connectivity infrastructure. ISOC has engaged with several high-level stakeholders in the Kyrgyz Republic, including National Institute for Strategic Studies of Kyrgyzstan (NISS), to collaborate on developing the Internet infrastructure in the region leading to this Symposium which has the theme “Perspectives for Internet Development in the Kyrgyz Republic“. Speakers include Frédéric Donck, Director of European Regional Bureau, Internet Society, and Olaf Kolkman, Chief Internet Technology Officer, Internet Society, and Talant Sultanov, Director of NISS. Also there will be a video message from Vint Cerf. The event will be webcast live via Internet Society Livestream Channel. Bishkek is UTC+6 – 11 hours ahead of NYC.
What: Central Asian Internet Symposium, Bishkek 2014
Where: Golden Tulip Hotel Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
When: Wednesday December 10 2014 09.00-17:30 KGT | 03:00-11:30 UTC | 22:00-06:30 EST
Program: http://www.internetsociety.org/events/central-asian-internet-symposium-bishkek-2014
Webcast: https://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/Bishkek2014
Twitter: #CAISBishkek
On October 27 2014 the Copyright Society of the USA’s New York Chapter presented a luncheon panel – Spiders and Scraping and Bots, Oh My! — Datanomics, Copyright, and Legal Liability – at the Princeton Club in NYC. A panel looked at the implications of the intersection of big data and data mining with copyright-related principles, including DMCA restrictions and fair use. The discussion covered the legal landscape and assessed whether certain ways of using data may have legal implications. Panel: Jonathan Askin – Professor,Brooklyn Law School; Joseph V. DeMarco – Partner, DeVore & DeMarco LLP; Dana Rosen – General Counsel, Wenner Media. Moderator: Robert Potter – Associate, Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton LLP. Video/audio is below.
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