Sender: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: Brooklyn Conference "FREE SPEECH OR FILTH: SHOULD CONGRESS REGULATE COMMUNICATIONS ON THE INTERNET?" The Brooklyn Law School Cyberlaw Society is sponsoring a symposium on the free speech battle on the Internet. The symposium will be held on Thursday, September 21, in the Subotnick Conference Center (10th Floor) at 7 p.m., 250 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn Heights, New York. The following panelists are scheduled to participate: Ann Beeson, American Civil Liberties Union Robert Flores, United States Department of Justice, Acting Chief Deputy, Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section Thomas Hillard, National Writers Union Bruce Taylor, National Law Center for Children and Families Robert Peters, Morality in Media Shoshana Davids, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Michael Bamberger, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal The moderator will be Professor Michael Madow, who teaches First Amendment and Mass Media Law at Brooklyn Law School. Professor Madow will lay the foundation of the discussion with an overview of the various legal issues involved. Thereafter, the panelists will discuss their views and their respective organization's efforts to influence the legislative battle on the Internet regulation. Before the symposium--- ROOM 504, 6:15 p.m. As an introduction to the nature of communications on the Internet, we will demonstrate a few examples of the words and images that have generated the current controversy. Seating is limited in the conference room, priority will be given to the members of the Brooklyn Law School community. Members of the public are invited to attend. For reservations, please email Dave O'Connor<•••@••.•••>. Please leave your full name in the body of the letter. On the night of the symposium you will be issued a name tag at the front doors of the law school. We hope you will attend. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Sender: samuel david winer <•••@••.•••> Subject: Chicago Media Watch Conference (fwd) Cyber righters, Some of you living around Chicago may be interested in this... Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dave Winer "The fruits of all our labors have left 3157 Covenanter Drive us as we started. To grow without is not Bloomington, IN 47401 to grow within..." ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 10:01:35 -0500 (EST) From: Ted Frick <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Subject: Chicago Media Watch Conference (fwd) A conference that may interest some of you, put on by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, the Chicago Chapter. Chicago is a 4 - 5 hour drive from Bloomington. ---------------------------- From: Ted Frick ------------------------------- Department of Instructional Systems Technology | Internet: •••@••.••• School of Education, Indiana University | Phone: 812-856-8460 Bloomington, IN 47405-1006, USA | Fax: 812-856-8239 ----------- http://education.indiana.edu/ist/faculty/frick.html ------------- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 11 Sep 95 18:13:42 CDT From: donald goldhamer <•••@••.•••> To: CPSR/Chicago <•••@••.•••> Subject: Chicago Media Watch Conference Please distribute widely. Apologies for duplication. *********************************************************************** MEDIA & DISINFORMATION: DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS Sunday, September 17, 1995 *********************************************************************** DePaul University: Schmitt Academic Center, 2320 N. Kenmore Sponsored by Chicago Media Watch and Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) Media & Disinformation will focus on the national crisis in mainstream communications. Our goal is to bring together national experts who will discuss significant trends in the media in order to alert and educate the public about the growing threat to information diversity and the implications for our society. This gathering will be an important first for Chicago: a hard-hitting look at the way Americans now receive information critical to making informed decisions. We will address what can be done in response. Co-sponsors: DePaul University Political Science and Communications departments, Chicago Coalition for Information Access, The Nation Associates. For more conference information call 312-604-1910 *********************************************************************** Moderator: Ken Davis, former WBEZ Program Manager & News Director *********************************************************************** CONFERENCE SCHEDULE - September 17, 1995 *********************************************************************** 8:00-9:15 a.m. -- Registration 9:30-10:45 Telling it like it isn't: Corporate/ Government Control of the Mainstream Press --David Barsamian: Producer and host of Alternative Radio - a program that offers viewpoints on major issues that are generally not covered by the mainstream press. It is syndicated on over 100 radio stations throughout North America. --Robert Parry: An award-winning investigative journalist and author of Fooling America: The Manufacture of Conventional Wisdom and Trick or Treason. As a journalist, Parry broke the story of Oliver North and the White House connection in the Iran-Contra scandal. He is a former correspondent for Newsweek and Associated Press. 11:00 -- 12:15 Greenwashing, Propaganda, and the Manufacturing of Consent --Jon Entine: Award-winning investigative journalist and former ABC Primetime producer who has exposed the greenwashing tactics used by corporate America. --Janine Jackson: Research director for Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR). She co-hosts a weekly radio show, Counterspin, a program of media criticism that is syndicated on over 80 stations around the country. Ms. Jackson has appeared on Nightline, Geraldo, and CNN's Inside Business. --John Stauber: Executive Director, Center for Media & Democracy, Editor, PR Watch. Co-author of the forthcoming, Toxic Sludge is Good for You: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry. 12:30 - 1:15 --Lunch: Brown Bag or DePaul Cafeteria 1:15 -- 2: 30 The Constitution and the Information Superhighway : Hope or Hoax? --Alice Calabrase: Executive Director, Illinois Regional State Library System. Former White House advisory committee member on information access issues. --Abdul Alkalimat: Associate Professor, African-American Studies at Northeastern University. He is an author, senior editor and owner of Twenty-first Century Books and Publications. 2:45--4:00 Breakout Sessions: Panelists will be available for discussion about the issues raised in the morning. Conference participants will address their own issues and dialogue with the speakers at these sessions. Panel I Moderator: Dr. Harry Wray, Chair., Department of Political Science, DePaul University. Panel II Moderator: Dr. Sarah Wortman, Chair., Department of Comm., DePaul University. Panel III Moderator: --Marilyn Borgendale, Library Systems Coordinator, UIC. Chicago Coalition for Information Access. 4:00 -- 4:45 Call to action - Media and Organizing: New Ideas for the 90's --Ron Daniels, is the former head of the National Rainbow Coalition and deputy director of the 1988 Jesse Jackson campaign. He is presently the Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, a national civil rights organization based in New York City. *********************************************************************** Media & Disinformation Conference Reply Form: For more info call 312-604-1910 Make checks out to Chicago Media Watch Please mail to: Chicago Media Watch, P.O. 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