EEPI 2005
Conference and Workshop on Electronic Entertainment
Policies, Problems, and Solutions
Los Angeles, California USA
Late Summer/Early Fall 2005
(2 to 3 days)
*** Call For Interest ***
*** Conference Web Page: http://www.eepi.org/eepi2005 ***
EEPI - Electronic Entertainment Policy Initiative
http://www.eepi.org
EEPI main address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
EEPI conference/workshop: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Greetings. EEPI is organizing a combined conference and workshop in Los
Angeles for late Summer or early Fall 2005. The purpose of this gathering
is to fulfill a number of related objectives, all aimed at fostering
cooperative, interdisciplinary work toward finding solutions to an array of
issues related to entertainment technology policies and their impacts on
other aspects of technology and society at large.
Primary goals of this meeting include both providing attendees with insight
into the many often conflicting points of view and complex characteristics
related to these issues, and to work towards establishing a long-term
framework for finding and implementing practical, cooperative solutions
wherever possible. This will not be a place for finger-pointing or
name-calling. Attendees should be interested in learning more about these
issues and helping to solve the many complex problems in this arena that we
must deal with today and that we will be facing with increasingly rapidity
in the future.
We urge you to view http://www.eepi.org for more details regarding EEPI and
the entertainment technology issues of concern, and some thoughts on the
categories of groups and individuals who may be particularly interested in
attending this meeting.
Formal papers are welcome but are not required for presentations at the
conference or workshop sessions. Student registration discounts will be
available.
Our aim is to bring together involved and interested parties from across the
electronic entertainment spectrum and beyond: record labels; film studios;
broadcasters; artists; technical development and manufacturing firms;
computer firms and organizations; Internet, government, legal, and public
interest individuals and groups; educators; students; media; concerned
members of the public, and more.
Since the focus for this gathering is interdisciplinary in nature,
highly-detailed technical presentations (as opposed to technical
"overviews") will be discouraged in main sessions, however, more detailed
technical discussions may be appropriate in particular workshop sessions
during the meeting. Sessions may be organized on multiple tracks as deemed
appropriate, to be determined as meeting details are finalized.
Below is an alphabetical, non-inclusive list of some categories of issues
that are appropriate for this gathering, as they relate to electronic
entertainment. Many of these are interrelated, of course:
- Academic Institution Concerns
- Alternative Licensing Models
- Artists' Economic Concerns
- Artists' Rights
- Broadcasting Issues (Broadcast Flag, Copy Controls, Digital TV, etc.)
- Cable TV Issues
- Children's Online Protection Act (COPA)
- Consumer Economic Concerns
- Consumer Rights
- Content Distribution Issues (Music, Films, etc.)
- Content Filtering and Blocking (Internet, Other Media, etc.)
- Copyright Issues
- Corporate Economic Concerns
- Corporate Rights
- Criminal Prosecutions
- Digital Rights Management (DRM) / Copy Protection Systems
- Digital Video Recording (DVR), etc. and Related Impacts
- Downloading of Audio and Video (Legal and Illegal)
- DVD and "Next-Generation" DVD Issues (eg. Blu-Ray, HD-DVD, etc.)
- Electronic Games (Content, Piracy, etc.)
- Fair Use Issues
- Intellectual Property Issues
- International Issues
- Internet Issues (the broad range of related Internet applications)
- Judicial Issues (court rulings and their effects)
- Lawsuits and other Civil Actions
- Legislative Issues (local, state, and federal legislative actions)
- Micropayment Issues
- Payment Models
- Peer-to-Peer (P2P) File Sharing Issues
- Piracy Issues (Music, Films, Videos, other Content, etc.)
- Regulatory Issues (Regulatory Agency Actions, e.g. FCC, DOJ, ITU, etc.)
- Streaming Audio and Video Issues
- Video on Demand Issues
- Video to Consumers over Fiber, DSL, Internet Issues
... and a host of others!
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Obviously we will not be able to solve all of the many complex problems
related to these topics at this single gathering! However, we hope to
demonstrate that it is possible for people to work together on these
problems, help attendees understand other persons' points of view regarding
these contentious issues, and lay the groundwork for long-term, continuing
efforts by interested individuals and groups to simultaneously find
solutions, and to reduce the level of animosity and its counterproductive
effects in the areas of concern.
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If you might consider attending, please send a note (all e-mail to
this address will be read by a human!) to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
or FAX to:
+1 (818) 884-7502
Please let us know your level of interest, any relevant organizational
affiliations if you wish, and any related comments or questions. Unless you
specify otherwise, we'll add your e-mail address to a private mailing list,
which will only be used to provide more information as additional details of
the meeting (exact location, dates, registration fees, etc.) are determined
and finalized.
Please also feel free to contact EEPI co-founder Lauren Weinstein by phone
via +1 (818) 225-2800.
We hope to see you at EEPI 2005!
Thank you very much for your consideration.
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EEPI - Electronic Entertainment Policy Initiative
"Working Together Toward Sensible Policies and Solutions"
http://www.eepi.org
EEPI main address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
EEPI conference/workshop: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This document is subject to change and elaboration at any time. 5/30/05
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