July 28, 2003
Volume 1, Issue 3
Thanks to all who took time to respond to our questions
coming out of the hearing on the "Piracy Deterrence
and Education Act of 2003." We will let you know
as soon as the webcast is available, and continue to
process your input to help formulate a constructive
position regarding that and the proposed companion
legislation "Author, Consumer, and Computer Owner
Protection and Security Act of 2003" and this
week's "Protecting Children from Peer-to-Peer
Pornography (P4) Act" (see below).
Our primary focus is ongoing discussions with prospective
Charter Members and related activities to demonstrate
the value of active participation in DCIA's first licensed-content
business-practices working group. We are also meeting
with leaders of other trade associations, where we
can benefit from the broader viewpoints of entire industry
sectors.
If time permits, please visit www.dcia.info, which
has now been updated to complete our transition from
DCSC to DCIA. We will be making improvements to the
website weekly going forward, and welcome suggestions
you'd like to make to our new webmaster Adam Marcus
(adam@dcia.info).
Next week, we plan to present a proposal for a DCIA
research initiative in response to recommendations
Rick Quinlan (rick@dcia.info) has received, that we
believe will be valuable to all.
Greetings from DCIA's Newsletter Editor --
Welcome to DCIA's weekly news recap, which is meant
to help keep you informed of the rapid changes occurring
currently within the distributed computing industry.
Your respective sector may be facing what seems like
good or bad change; nevertheless it is a time of opportunity
for all.
Evolution is underway, and there are enormous opportunities
for individuals and corporations to work together to
create new business models. Below are short excerpts
of full articles that can be accessed by either clicking
the link below or pasting the URL.
Jason Annis (jason@dcia.info)
"New
Plan: Criminalize Peer-to-Peer Swapping," Media
Life, July 17, 2003
"Record
Labels Send Flurry of Subpoenas," LA Times, July
19, 2003
"End
to File-Swapping Wars Demands Ideas, Not Threats,"
USA Today, July 20, 2003
"RIAA
- Holding America Hostage," Slyck.com, July 20,
2003
"Rivals
Ready to Take a Bite of Apple," USA Today, July 20,
2003
"Sun Exec
Champions Peer-To-Peer Computing Expanding On
Napster," Investor's Business Daily, July 22, 2003
"Roxio
Appoints Universal Music Group Executive to its Board of
Directors," Digital Media Wire, July 22, 2003
"Brawl
Over Online Music File-Swapping Spawns 'Secure'
Software," Associated Press, July 23, 2003
"Schools
Call Music-Use Subpoenas Illegal," Associated
Press, July 23, 2003
"P2P
Hide-and-Seek, " CNET, July 23, 2003
"Muze Supports
BuyMusic.com," Digital Media Wire, July 23, 2003
"Anti-Piracy
Consumer Media Campaign," MPAA, July 23, 2003
"Teens,
Young Adults Now Spend More Time Online Than Watching
TV," Yahoo, July 24, 2003
"RIAA
File-Sharing Subpoenas Targeting Parents,
Grandparents," Washington Post, July 25, 2003
"Parental
Consent Bill Aims to Shield Children from P2P
Pornography," CNET, July 25, 2003
"ISP
Peer-to-Peer Bandwidth Saver CacheLogic Raises $2
Million," CacheLogic, July 25, 2003
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