Panel Discussion and FREE CONCERT on Oct. 24
WHAT: The celebration of your media rights!
WHEN/WHERE: Oct. 24, 2007
Panel Discussion - 5:30 pm, Wechsler Theater, 3rd Fl., Mary Graydon Center, American University
Featuring:
Pat Aufderheide - Center for Social Media, American University
Fritz Attaway - Executive VP and Special Policy Advisor, Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA)
Samantha Murphy - Singer/Songwriter and Owner, SMTVMusic.com
Michael Petricone, Sr. VP of Government Affairs, Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)
"Chairman Martin should be engaged in creating safeguards and processes to allow objective media research to flourish at the FCC. I worry that he's just too much of a partisan figure to be serious about such an endeavor."
-- Adam Candeub, former FCC staffer
On Wednesday morning, FCC Chairman Kevin martin, NTIA head John Kneuer, GAO Director Mark Goldstein, and many more will testify before the House Telecom Subcommittee concerning the Status of the DTV Transition. For this and other upcoming media policy events, see http://www.benton.org/?q=event
"IT'S JUST RESEARCH"
[SOURCE: Lasar's Letter on the FCC, AUTHOR: Matthew Lasar]
DOW JONES DROPS CNBC ADS FROM WEB SITE IN FAVOR OF FOX LINKS
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Bill Carter]
YOUTUBE BEGINS PUBLIC TEST OF ANTI-PIRACY DATABASE
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Eric Auchard]
YouTube, the Google video-sharing site, said on Monday it has begun public testing of a long-awaited video-matching database in its latest bid to ward off lawsuits over video piracy. The world's largest online video-sharing site said the YouTube Video Identification technology is a database that stores reference files of original video content and associated ownership rights and compares it to any video YouTube users attempt to upload.
MARTIN: BILL MANDATING DTV-EDUCATION REPORTING WOULD BE HELPFUL
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION MUST BE TELEVISED NATIONWIDE
[SOURCE: The Hill, AUTHOR: Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii)]
BROADCASTERS TO USE PRIME TIME FOR DTV CAMPAIGN
[SOURCE: Reuters]
NCTA WANTS SMALL OP DUAL CARRIAGE EXEMPTION
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Ted Hearn]
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