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Dear Nashville CopyNighters:
I would like to propose that we meet this month (this week) on THURSDAY (May 25, 2006) instead of our usual Wednesday, but at the same time and place (7:00 PM, Tabouli's, 2015 Belmont Blvd.) Next week would have been too difficult because of Memorial Day.
For June and July, I propose that we meet on the final Wednesdays of the month as has been our practice -
Wednesday, June 28
Wednesday, July 26
I will be moving back to New York City c. August 15 and stay there until c. December 15. (For those of you who might not now, I live in Manhattan every mid-August through mid-December.) While I am gone, I hope that someone would like to carry on with the CopyNight meetings. Megan Kane, the other co-host of Nashville CopyNight, has graduated and moved to Massachusetts.
So, if anyone is interested in maintaining our great CopyNight community for the last four months of 2006, please contact me offline:
emh6666@aol.com
615-791-7455
TOPICS for this week should include proposed legislation at the federal level (House and Senate) that would introduce a "tiered" Internet, restrict and/or eliminate consumers' lawful right to record video and music, the RIAA's suit against XM Radio, the lawsuit brought by various small publishers (Euro Tec Publishing, Bruce Caplin, Prestoons Music and others) against Apple Computer, AOL Music Now, Buy.com, Microsoft, Napster, RealNetworks Digital Music of California, Record Town, Sony Connect, Virgin Entertainment Group, Wal-Mart and Yahoo! for failing to secure licenses to sell downloads, the U. S. Supreme Court's decision in the patent case, EBAY INC., et al. v. MERCEXCHANGE, L. L. C., the legal threat by the estate of artist Joan Miro against Google (and their quick takedown) of "infringing" work (idiotic threat and unfortunate takedown, in my opinion), as well as whether or not such fun services/companies such as YouTube, BRAVO's Viral Videos, and La La Media will continu
e to survive.
Please call/write if you have any comments.
Hope to see everyone on Thursday at 7 PM at Tabouli's!
E. Michael