[DMCA-Activists] Advisory: Internet Commons Congress

[Seth Johnson]

               Internet Commons Congress 2004

MEDIA ADVISORY                            Contact: Eric Hensal 
March 11, 2004                                    202-262-9152 
                                         address@hidden 

(Production PDF at:
http://www.nyfairuse.org/icc/ICC.2004.Media.Release.5.pdf)

WHAT: The Internet Commons Congress of 2004.  An international open assembly
of the public, gathered to address a broad range of issues that threaten the
Internet Commons and basic rights to own fully-functional computers, to use
information rendered to the Commons for the public benefit, and to develop
vibrant new means for working with information.  Recent proposals to
regulate the autonomous development of innovations such as VoIP will be
discussed.

For complete subject panels and other information, see

http://www.internationalunity.org
http://www.nyfairuse.org/icc


WHO: The attendees are individuals and organizational representatives from
across the globe and from the public, private and non-profit sectors. 
Registration is free.

  Dwayne Goldsmith, Inflexion      John Perry Barlow, Electronic
     Communications                   Frontier Foundation
  Jeff Pulver, Pulver.com          Fred von Lohmann, Electronic
  Bob Frankston, Frankston            Frontier Foundation
     Innovating                    Jon Lebkowsky, Electronic
  Bruce Kushnick, New Networks        Frontier Foundation - Austin
     Institute                     Robin Gross, IP Justice
  Terry McGarty, Merton Group      Richard Stallman, GNU Project
  Greg Peterson, Lucent            Chris Hoofnagle, Electronic
     Technologies                     Privacy Information Center
  Larry Irving, Irving             Nancy Kranich, Free Expression
     Information Group                Policy Project
  Bob Kahn, CNRI                   James Love, Consumer Project on
  Jim Kohlenberger, former White      Technology
     House communications policy   Jay Sulzberger, New Yorkers for
     advisor                          Fair Use
  Kevin Werbach, Supernova         Laurie Racine, Center for the
  Andrew Odlyzko, University of       Public Domain
     Minnesota                     Jeff Chester, Center for Digital
  Eric Blossom, GNU Radio             Democracy 
  David Sugar, Bayonne GNU         Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation
  Norbert Bollow, DotGNU              of America
  Lucas Gonze, WebJay              Manon Ress, Essential Information
  Drew Streib, SourceForge         Serge Wroclawski, DC-Free
  David Chaum, Digicash            William Finkel, Meetup.com
  Daniel Sieberg, CNN              Seth Finkelstein, Infothought
  Declan McCullagh, CNET           Adam Kosmin, Windows Refund Day
  Dave Burstein, DSL Prime         Michael Hart, Project Gutenberg
  Jessica Litman, Wayne State      Fred Stutzman, ibiblio.org
     University Law School         Anthony McCann, UC Santa Barbara
  Ann Bartow, USC Law Center       Harold Feld, Media Access Project
  Julie Cohen, Georgetown Law      Stuart Gannes, Digital Vision
     School                           Project
  John Mitchell, InteractionLaw    Phil Shapiro, DC Nonprofit Tech
  Sonia Schmitt, World Bank        Alan Bushnell, DC Indymedia
  Tim Pozar, Bay Area Wireless     Pete Tri Dish, Prometheus Radio
     User Group                       Project


WHY: The Internet Commons Congress is an opportunity for public engagement
in response to numerous attacks on the Internet Commons and on fundamental
rights.

WHEN: March 24-25th.  Registration for the Congress begins at 8AM.

WHERE: The Internet Commons Congress will be held in the auditorium of the
Shady Grove campus, University of Maryland in Shady Grove, Maryland