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When:
Wednesday, February 23, 2005 |
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Forums:
Online Sex and Violence: 12:30 - 2:00, FREE
Online Gaming: 2:15 - 3:45, FREE
Digital Movie Distribution: 4:00 - 5:30, FREE
Skyroom Reception: 5:30 - 7:00, FREE |
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Where:
Hastings College of Law
Louis B. Mayer Lounge
198 McAllister St., San Francisco
Directions |
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MCLE Credits
Available! Admission for attorneys seeking to earn 4.5 Hours: $90
(Please bring check payable to the Comment Journal,
or email Dave Kostiner
for pre-paid or group orders) |
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Register here
via email!
Send your name and contact info, how many are
in your group,
and will you be interested in earning MCLE credit. |
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About the Forums: |
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| Online
Sex and Violence: 12:30 - 2:00 |
| What
are and what should be the limits to online sex and violence? Is a
society best served by open communication and creativity, or
protection of minors and morals? A world-class panel of scholars,
lobbyists and lawmakers explore and discuss pertinent issues in
the ongoing debate. |
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Professor
Aaron Rappaport - Moderator (see
bio)
Hastings Telecommunications Professor / Former
FCC Lawyer |
Professor
Vikram Amar (see
bio)
Hastings Constitutional Law Professor |
Ann
Brick
American Civil Liberties Union |
Ellyne
Bell
California Alliance Against Domestic Violence |
Leland Yee
California Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore |
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| Online
Gaming: 2:15 - 3:45 |
| Video
games have moved from the console to the cell phone, now
comprising one of the world's largest markets. Ranging from
real-time sports competitions to battlefront and airborne war
simulations, artistic, legal and entrepreneurial forces have
created an entirely new world of virtual communication. |
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Gary
Culpepper -- Moderator (see
bio)
Of Counsel, Idell, Berman & Sitel |
Kate
Connally (see
bio)
Director of Business Development, Atom Films |
Todd
Alberstone
Associate General Counsel for Real Networks |
Todd
Brabec (see
bio)
Vice President of ASCAP |
Professor
Margreth Barrett (see
bio)
Hastings Copyright Professor/Author |
Zeki Orak
founder of Puzzoo Games |
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| Digital
Movie Distribution: 4:00 - 5:30 |
| Who
will be the first to enable home viewers to download major movies
and independent films straight to their DVD burners or home
theater screens? What legal, artistic and technical challenges do
they face? Leading experts in their fields explore issues of
creativity, labor, retail distribution and the law of what might
be an imminent shift in the way we view movies at home and
elsewhere. |
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Mark
Robinson - Moderator
Senior Editor of Wired Magazine |
David
Anderman
Director
of Corporate Business Affairs, Lucasfilm Ltd. |
Kate
Connally (see
bio)
Director of Business Development, Atom Films |
Glenn
Otis Brown (see
bio)
Director, Creative Commons |
Tristan
HigginsGoodell
Counsel - Screen Actors Guild |
