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Last Chance to Register for National Town Hall on ‘Net Neutrality, Copyright and National Broadband Plan’
WASHINGTON, January 18, 2010 – Monday is the last day to register to attend BroadbandBreakfast.com’s Town Hall Webcast on “Net Neutrality, Copyright Protection and the National Broadband Plan,” which takes place tomorrow, or on Tuesday, January 19, 2010, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Register at http://ipbreakfast.eventbrite.com.
WASHINGTON, January 18, 2010 – Monday is the last day to register to attend BroadbandBreakfast.com’s Town Hall Webcast on “Net Neutrality, Copyright Protection and the National Broadband Plan,” which takes place tomorrow, or on Tuesday, January 19, 2010, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
New panelists for the event include Gigi Sohn, President and Founder of Public Knowledge; and Steven Marks, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Recording Industry Association of America.
As is customary for our breakfast series event, breakfast is available beginning at 8 a.m. at Clyde’s of Gallery Place, at 707 7th Street NW, Washington. There is a $45.00 charge to attend the breakfast in person. For this special Town Hall Webcast, we will also be live-streaming the event. Register for the breakfast, or for the FREE webcast, at http://ipbreakfast.eventbrite.com.
In addition to welcoming video remarks from FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, Kim Hart of The Hill and myself will be moderating two panels.
Technical Panel
The technical panel will consider the feasibility and desirability of filtering broadband content for copyrighted material, and also address quality-of-service and other issues bearing upon Net neutrality.
- Rick Carnes, President, Songwriters Guild of America
- John Morris, General Counsel, Center for Democracy and Technology
- Jeffrey Lawrence, Director, Global Media and Content Policy, Intel Corporation
Policy Panel
The policy panel will consider whether the national broadband plan is the right vehicle for addressing copyright and Net neutrality/open internet issues.
- Fernando Laguarda, Vice President, External Affairs and Policy Counselor, Time Warner Cable
- Steven Marks, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Recording Industry Association of America
- Gigi Sohn, President and Founder, Public Knowledge
- Ronald Yokubaitis, Co-CEO, Data Foundry
Click here to register for future events. The Broadband Breakfast Club is a “widely attended event” under House of Representatives Rule 25, clause 5(a)(4)(A).
This BroadbandBreakfast.com National Town Hall Webcast is sponsored by Data Foundry, Intel Corporation, and the National Cable and Telecommunications Association. The Hill is the event’s media sponsor.
Biographies and Supplemental Materials
- Rick Carnes, President, Songwriters Guild of America
- Nashville songwriter Rick Carnes has earned 40 platinum albums with songs recorded by artists Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Alabama, Steve Wariner, Pam Tillis, and Dean Martin. His song, “I Can’t Even Get the Blues No More,” was Reba McEntire’s first number one single, and “Long Neck Bottle,” recorded by Garth Brooks, set a record on the Billboard charts by entering the charts at number 10. In 1978 Carnes moved from his native Memphis to Nashville in 1978 with his wife, Janis, and they recorded for RCA, Elektra Asylum, Warner Bros. and MCA records. They also work as a co-writing team and have written three top 10 recordings on Bluegrass icons, the Whites, as well as penning the jazz ballad, “Irresistible” recently featured in “Saving Face.” Vice President of the Songwriters Guild of America for 18 years, in 2003 Rick was elected President. He is also Vice President of the National Music Council and Communications Chairman of the Music United Coalition. Carnes is signed as an exclusive Songwriter for Peer Music.
- FCC Filing: http://www.songwritersguild.com/response_sga_to_fcc.PDF
- John Morris, General Counsel, Center for Democracy and Technology
- John B. Morris, Jr. is General Counsel at the Center for Democracy & Technology, and is the Director of its “Internet Standards, Technology and Policy Project.” Prior to joining CDT in 2001, Morris was a partner in the law firm of Jenner & Block. At both CDT and Jenner, Morris has litigated groundbreaking cases in Internet and First Amendment law, and was a lead counsel in the successful 1996-1997 challenge to the Communications Decency Act. Morris received his B.A. magna cum laude with distinction from Yale University and his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was the Managing Editor of the Yale Law Journal. Prior to becoming a lawyer, he had significant experience in the computer industry.
- FCC Filing: http://www.cdt.org/files/pdfs/2010_CDT_openness_comments.pdf
- Jeffrey Lawrence, Director, Global Media and Content Policy, Intel Corporation
- Jeffrey T. Lawrence oversees a wide array of legislative, regulatory, and market initiatives relating to copyright, content policy and content protection. His team’s technical policy work is focused on creating competitive retail market-segments through standards based, horizontal content protection technologies and initiatives such as Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (virtual digital format); Advanced Access Content System (content protection for Blu-Ray Disc), Digital Transmission Content Protection (for compressed data in home networks); high-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (for decompressed data moving to displays); the DVD Copy Control Association (licenses CSS for DVD Video), on which he serves on the Board of Directors; and others. Lawrence also served as Director of Standards and Industry Consortia, Chair of Intel’s Copyright Practice Group, and other positions. Prior to joining Intel, Lawrence spent two years with the Japanese law firm Anderson Mori in Tokyo, and four years with Preston Gates in Portland, Oregon. He graduated from BYU in 1991, and from the University of Washington in 1987.
- FCC Filings:
- Intel Comments to Public Notice 27
- On Copyright (by Computer and Communications Industry Association, Consumer Electronics Association, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Home Recording Rights Coalition, NetCoalition, and Public Knowledge) Joint Copyright Comments on Filtering-Net Neutrality FINAL
- Other Documents:
- INTEL presentation EP_070909
- KEIO University CP Policy Lecture: http://www.soi.wide.ad.jp/class/20090048/materials_for_student/05/itpoltech09s-05-RELEASE.pdf
- EU Parliament Conference on Internet Access/Filtering: http://www.greens-efa.org/cms/default/dok/301/301052.telecoms_package@de.htm
- Fernando Laguarda, Vice President, External Affairs and Policy Counselor, Time Warner Cable
- Fernando Laguarda is Vice President, External Affairs and Policy Counselor for Time Warner Cable. He helps Time Warner Cable develop and advance its policy positions, focusing on consumer protection, competition issues, intellectual property and telecommunications regulation. Prior to joining Time Warner Cable, Laguarda was a partner at Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis and at Mintz Levin where he represented a wide range of communications, entertainment industry, and technology clients before regulatory agencies and state and federal courts.
- FCC Filings:
- Steven Marks, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Recording Industry Association of America
- Steven Marks is part of the senior management team that develops strategy for industry-wide projects at the intersection of business, policy, legal and public relations aspects of the music industry, and oversees the legal, litigation, business affairs, and technology departments at the RIAA. He represents the industry in legislative and regulatory proceedings; leads negotiations for industry-wide licenses; coordinated industry legal strategy in the MGM v. Grokster case; and represents the industry in public dialogues and policy debates, including providing testimony before government bodies. He was chosen by Inside Counsel magazine as one of the top 50 general counsels in the U.S. Before joining RIAA, Marks was in private practice at Arnold & Porter in Washington, and Steel Hector & Davis in West Palm Beach, Florida. Marks graduated from Duke Law School and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Mary M. Schroeder of the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit. He received his B.A. from Duke University.
- FCC Filing: RIAA – FCC Net Neutrality NPRM Final for filing
- Gigi Sohn, President and Founder, Public Knowledge
- Gigi B. Sohn is President and Co-Founder of Public Knowledge, a nonprofit organization that addresses the public’s stake in the convergence of communications policy and intellectual property law. Sohn serves as the chief strategist, fundraiser and public face of Public Knowledge. She is frequently quoted in The New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal, as well as in trade and local press. Sohn also has had articles published in the Washington Post, USA Today, Variety, CNET and Legal Times, and blogs for the Huffington Post.In addition, she has appeared on numerous national and local cable, broadcast television and radio programs, including the Today Show, Good Morning America, and The McNeil-Lehrer Report. Sohn is a non-resident Fellow at the University of Southern California Annenberg Center and a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne Faculty of Law, in Australia. She was an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University and an Adjunct Professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
- FCC Filings:
- On Net Neutraliy (by Public Knowledge, Center for Media Justice, Consumers’ Union, Media Access Project, New America Foundation):http://www.publicknowledge.org/pdf/pic-nn-comments-20100114.pdf
- On Copyright (by Computer and Communications Industry Association, Consumer Electronics Association, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Home Recording Rights Coalition, NetCoalition, and Public Knowledge) Joint Copyright Comments on Filtering-Net Neutrality FINAL
- Matthew Henry, Internet Policy Counsel, Data Foundry
- Matthew Henry is the Internet policy counsel for Data Foundry, Inc. Mr. Henry is a telecom attorney whose practice focuses on privacy, regulatory, and legislative issues. His law firm, McCollough|Henry, P.C., represents a number of telecommunications companies in matters of public law, including consumer rights; regulatory and administrative law; and governmental relations. Mr. Henry is also a public advocate for Internet privacy and serves on the board of directors for Electronic Frontier Foundation Austin.
- FCC Filings:
- Other Documents:
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Broadband Breakfast on January 25, 2023 – Section 230, Google, Twitter and the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will soon hear two blockbuster cases asking if tech companies can be held liable for terrorist content on their platforms.

Our Broadband Breakfast Live Online events take place on Wednesday at 12 Noon ET. Watch the event on Broadband Breakfast, or REGISTER HERE to join the conversation.
Wednesday, January 25, 2023, 12 Noon ET – Section 230, Google, Twitter and the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will soon hear two blockbuster cases involving Section 230 of the Telecommunications Act: Gonzalez v. Google on February 21, and Twitter v. Taamneh on February 22. Both of these cases ask if tech companies can be held liable for terrorist content on their platforms. Also in play: Laws in Florida and in Texas (both on hold during the course of litigation) that would limit online platforms’ ability to moderate content. In a recent brief, Google argued that denying Section 230 protections for platforms “could have devastating spillover effects.” In advance of Broadband Breakfast’s Big Tech & Speech Summit on March 9, this Broadband Breakfast Live Online event will consider Section 230 and the Supreme Court.
Panelists:
- Chris Marchese, Counsel, NetChoice
- Ari Cohn, Free Speech Counsel, TechFreedom
- Jessica Dheere, Director, Ranking Digital Rights
- Ali Sternburg, Vice President of Information Policy, Computer & Communications Industry Association
- Marshall Van Alstyne, Questrom Chair Professor, Boston University
- Drew Clark (moderator), Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast
Panelist resources:
- Reynaldo Gonzalez, et. al, v. Google, Supreme Court Docket 21-1333
- Twitter v. Mehier Taamneh, et al., Supreme Court Docket 21-1496
- NetChoice v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, Supreme Court Docket 22-555
- Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al., v. NetChoice, Supreme Court Docket 22-277
- Free Speech, Platforms & The Fake News Problem, Marshall Van Alstyne, December 31, 2021
- The Big Tech Scorecard, Ranking Digital Rights, 2022
- “It’s the Business Model: How Big Tech’s Profit Machine is Distorting the Public Sphere and Threatening Democracy” Report Series, Ranking Digital Rights, 2020
- Supreme Court Seeks Biden Administration’s Input on Texas and Florida Social Media Laws, Broadband Breakfast, January 24, 2023
- Google Defends Section 230 in Supreme Court Terror Case, Broadband Breakfast, January 13, 2023
- Changing Section 230 Would Jeopardize Startup, Broadband Breakfast, January 6, 2023
- Amid Big Tech Controversies, Section 230’s Future is Uncertain, Broadband Breakfast’s 12 Days of Broadband, December 20, 2023
- Tech Groups, Free Expression Advocates Support Twitter in Landmark Content Moderation Case, Broadband Breakfast, December 8, 2023
Chris Marchese analyzes technology-related legislative and regulatory issues at both the federal and state level. His portfolio includes monitoring and analyzing proposals to amend Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, antitrust enforcement, and potential barriers to free speech and free enterprise on the internet. Before joining NetChoice in 2019, Chris worked as a law clerk at the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, where he analyzed legal issues relevant to the business community, including state-court decisions that threatened traditional liability rules.
Ari Cohn is Free Speech Counsel at TechFreedom. A nationally recognized expert in First Amendment law, he was previously the Director of the Individual Rights Defense Program at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), and has worked in private practice at Mayer Brown LLP and as a solo practitioner, and was an attorney with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Ari graduated cum laude from Cornell Law School, and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Jessica Dheere is the director of Ranking Digital Rights, and co-authored RDR’s spring 2020 report “Getting to the Source of Infodemics: It’s the Business Model.” An affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, she is also founder, former executive director, and board member of the Arab digital rights organization SMEX, and in 2019, she launched the CYRILLA Collaborative, which catalogs global digital rights law and case law. She is a graduate of Princeton University and the New School.
Ali Sternburg is Vice President of Information Policy at the Computer & Communications Industry Association, where she focuses on intermediary liability, copyright, and other areas of intellectual property. Ali joined CCIA during law school in 2011, and previously served as Senior Policy Counsel, Policy Counsel, and Legal Fellow. She is also an Inaugural Fellow at the Internet Law & Policy Foundry.
Marshall Van Alstyne (@InfoEcon) is the Questrom Chair Professor at Boston University. His work explores how IT affects firms, innovation, and society with an emphasis on business platforms. He co-authored the international best seller Platform Revolution and his research influence ranks among the top 2% of all scientists globally.
Drew Clark (moderator) is CEO of Breakfast Media LLC. He has led the Broadband Breakfast community since 2008. An early proponent of better broadband, better lives, he initially founded the Broadband Census crowdsourcing campaign for broadband data. As Editor and Publisher, Clark presides over the leading media company advocating for higher-capacity internet everywhere through topical, timely and intelligent coverage. Clark also served as head of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois, a state broadband initiative.
As with all Broadband Breakfast Live Online events, the FREE webcasts will take place at 12 Noon ET on Wednesday.
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Broadband Breakfast on February 8, 2023 – The Build America, Buy America Law’s Impact on Infrastructure
Experts have warned that the BABA mandate raises the cost of broadband deployment.

Our Broadband Breakfast Live Online events take place on Wednesday at 12 Noon ET. Watch the event on Broadband Breakfast, or REGISTER HERE to join the conversation.
Wednesday, February 8, 2023, 12 Noon ET – The Build America, Buy America Law’s Impact on Infrastructure
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s guidelines for the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program mandate compliance with the Build America, Buy America Act, which favors domestic manufacturing. Many industry experts have warned that this raises prices on goods necessary for broadband deployment, and are urging the NTIA to not only follow through on its proposal to waive the requirement for the Middle Mile grant program but extend that waiver to the BEAD program. Whether or not this happens, what will the Build America, Buy America Act’s impact be on the country’s digital infrastructure?
This FREE Broadband Breakfast Live Online event will feature insights from the exclusive Broadband Breakfast Club report for the month of February. Access the full report by registering here.
As with all Broadband Breakfast Live Online events, the FREE webcasts will take place at 12 Noon ET on Wednesday.
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Broadband Breakfast on February 1, 2023 – What Will the 118th Congress Do on Broadband and Big Tech?
Will Congress have anything new to say about infrastructure investment, wireless communication or net neutrality?

Our Broadband Breakfast Live Online events take place on Wednesday at 12 Noon ET. Watch the event on Broadband Breakfast, or REGISTER HERE to join the conversation.
Wednesday, February 1, 2023, 12 Noon ET – What Will the 118th Congress Do on Broadband and Big Tech?
Hampered by a new partisan divide, what will the 118th Congress be able to accomplish in terms of broadband and technology policy? In particular, what do broadband and technology industry groups see as realistic policy priorities under divided government? Many members of Congress want to sharply curb the power of Big Tech, including through a potential national TikTok ban. Another issue left unresolved from last Congress was the state of information privacy legislation. These developments take place against a backdrop of the largest federal investment in broadband ever. Will Congress have anything new to say about infrastructure investment, wireless communication or network neutrality?
As with all Broadband Breakfast Live Online events, the FREE webcasts will take place at 12 Noon ET on Wednesday.
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