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Presenters included: Sanford Law Professor Lawrence Lessig presenting web site operator Eric Eldred’s ground-breaking case Eldred v. Ashcroft, a challenge to the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. Lessig was named one of Scientific American's Top 50 Visionaries. He is the author of The Future of Ideas and Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace. Professor Lessig is a board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and a Board Member of the Center for the Public Domain. Van Baker - is vice president at Gartner/G2. Mr. Baker's research team evaluates changes in consumer platforms, Digital Rights and Content Management issues, legal and regulatory issues as well as consumer behavior as related to the Internet. Greg Ballard
- chief executive of SONICblue, a leader in the converging Internet,
digital media, entertainment and consumer electronics markets. Prior
to that, he served as president of Capcom Entertainment, Inc., where
he led the introduction of "Resident Evil", then the best-selling
title in the history of the PlayStation. Bill Aho - CEO
of ClearPlay. Prior to ClearPlay, Mr. Aho was the
founder and CEO of Ysource Inc., an education ASP for the high school
market. He is also a founder
of SagePoint Consulting, which is how he was first introduced to ClearPlay. Skip London - VP
of Static Control Components Inc. Static Control has grown from sales
of less than $100 million in 1997 to over $250 million in 2002. David
Djavaherian
- an attorney. His practice areas include patent, copyright and trademark
litigation, contract and licensing disputes, and other business litigation.
Mr. Djavaherian currently represents Skylink Technologies, Inc., a company
that markets universal garage door openers (e.g. transmitters), in litigation
brought pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Hank Barry - a partner at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Hank was principal outside counsel to several pioneering Internet companies, including Global Village Communications, Looksmart, Liquid Audio and NetDynamics. From May 2000 through May 2002 Hank served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Napster, Inc. Michael Petricone - Vice President of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) where he manages the government affairs and technology and standards departments. Mr. Petricone is a frequent speaker on policy issues impacting the consumer electronics industry. Fred
von Lohmann - attorney
with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, specializing in intellectual
property and content management issues. He has represented programmers,
technology innovators, and individuals in litigation against every major
record label, movie studio, and television network (as well as several
cable TV networks and music publishers) in the United States. In addition
to litigation, he is involved in EFF's efforts to educate policy-makers
regarding the proper balance between intellectual property protection
and the public interest in fair use, free expression, and innovation.
Michael Maia -- Marketing at PortalPlayer, Santa Clara, CA Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) Congressman Howard Berman (D-CA) Les Vadasz Joe Kraus, DigitalConsumer.org |
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