Raleigh January meeting is canceled

My apologies, but we are not having a CopyNight meeting in Raleigh this month due to unavoidable scheduling conflicts on my part. I have every intent of February's meeting happening on the fourth Tuesday of February.
If you did not see this on the main CopyNight email, please read the following:
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~ Broadcast Flag... Rises from Dead... Again!

Remember the broadcast flag? That Follywood-manufactured*
scheme that would give content companies veto power over the
features of devices that receive digital TV? The one we've
defeated over and over? Well, it's back again, and this
time it's Senatorial. Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR) has been
circulating a new version of the plan that expands content
company control over digital radio devices. CopyNight
Portland, please knock some sense into him! Complete
background on the latest broadcast flag can be found here:

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004340.php
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Also, I found out after the fact that a Professor Koleman Strumpf of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill spoke at Duke University today on "The Effect of File Sharing on the Sale of Entertainment Products: The Case of Recorded Music and Movies".
Did anyone hear about this prior to the talk today, and go, and if so, how was it? (If I find a writeup of the talk, I'll send a link to the list).
thanks, best, see you in February,
Steve B

tomorrow night, Freedom Sings: A Celebration of the First Amendment

Good morning. I wanted to let folks know that I was planning to try to attend this event in Raleigh tomorrow night in lieu of the monthly CopyNight meeting this month. I thought it was relevant to this group, and wanted to share it with the list in case anyone else local would find it interesting.
best regards,
Steve B
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The News and Observer is sponsoring Freedom Sings: A Celebration of the First Amendment through words and music, which will take place on Tuesday, October 25 at the Meymandi Concert Hall at The Progress Energy Center of the Performing Arts. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. at is free to the public. You do not need a ticket for the show. Seats at first-come, first-serve.
Freedom Sings is a critically acclaimed multi-media experience featuring an all-star cast of musicians. The presentation tells the story of almost three centuries of banned or censored music in America and invites audiences to take a fresh look at the First Amendment. This entertaining, irreverent, and inspiring program is packed with live music, video and graphics and appeals to people from all political perspectives.
Freedom Sings produced by The First Amendment Center in Nashville, TN. For more information about Freedom sings, check out their website at www.freedomsings.org

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Raleigh January meeting is canceled

tomorrow night, Freedom Sings: A Celebration of the First Amendment