p2pnet.net News:- Coming up on May 2 - the Future of Music Coalition policy summit in Washington, DC. And it’s going to be a truly amazing event.

The DownhillBattle trio will be there. So will RIAA truth mechanic Cary Sherman and file sharing heretic Koleman Strumpf , one of the authors of The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales.

Should be interesting. And p2pnet readers will get to read all about it since DHB’s Holmes Wilson will be a panelist and will be doing a special p2pnet report on the event.

For now, the keynote speakers are senator Norm Coleman and FCC Commissioner Michael Copps.

Panelists will include:

Chris Amenita Senior Vice President, ASCAP Enterprises Group
Kevin Arnold Founder, IODA (Independent Online Distribution Alliance)
Michael Bracy Government Relations, Future of Music Coalition
Lee Carosi Majority Counsel, Senate Commerce Committee
David Carson General Counsel, US Copyright Office
Ann Chaitovitz National Director of Sound Recordings, AFTRA
Kim Coletta Desoto Records and band Jawbox
Representative Jim Cooper (D-TN)
Wayne Crews Director of Technology Studies, Cato Institute
Mike Dreese CEO and Co-Founder, Newbury Comics
Adam Eisgrau Executive Director, P2P United
William Terry Fisher Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
John Flansburgh Musician, They Might be Giants
Thomas Frank Author and Editor, The Baffler
Chris Frantz Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club
Dave Frey Silent Partner Management
Daryl Friedman Senior Executive Director, Washington DC Operations, The Recording Academy
Ron Gertz President and CEO, Music Reports
Neil Glazer Attorney, Madison House/SCI Ticketing
Danny Goldberg Chairman and CEO, Artemis Records
Joseph Gratz Law Student, University of Minnesota
Jim Griffin CEO, Cherry Lane Digital/Pho
Thomas Hazlett Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
Barton Herbison Executive Director, Nashville Songwriters Association International
Seth Hurwitz IMP/9:30 Club
Pat Irwin member of B-52’s, film/TV music composer
Peter Jenner Sincere Management and Chairman, AURA and Chairman, IMMF
Marcus Johnson Jazz Musician and CEO, Three Keys Music
Vidya Krishnamurthy Legislative Coordinator, Free Press
Cheryl Leanza Deputy Director, Media Access Project
Jessica Litman Professor of Law, Wayne State University
Mary Madden Research Specialist, Pew Internet & American Life Project
Alex Maiolo Co-owner, Lee Moore Insurance
Walter McDonough General Counsel, Future of Music Coalition
Dave Meinert PNW Chapter of Recording Academy, Owner/President of Blue Team Management
Michael Muniz Director of Latin Organizing, AFM
Chris Murray Internet and Telecommunications Counsel, Consumers Union
Neil Netanel Professor of Law, UCLA and University of Texas
John Nichols Writer, The Nation
Sandy Pearlman Vice President, Media Development, Multicast Technologies
Chellie Pingree President and CEO, Common Cause
Hal Ponder Director of Governent Relations, American Federation of Musicians (AFM)
Tim Quirk Executive Editor, Music, Real Networks and band Too Much Joy
Jay Rosenthal Attorney, Recording Artists’ Coalition, Berliner Corcoran & Rowe, LLP
Gary Shapiro President and CEO, Consumer Electronics Association
John Simson Executive Director, SoundExchange
Derek Sivers CD Baby
Gigi Sohn President, Public Knowledge
Pat Thetic Anti-Flag/Punkvoter.com
Jenny Toomey Executive Director, Future of Music Coalition
Siva Vaidhyanathan Assistant Professor, Department of Culture and Communication, New York University
Suzanne Vega ASCAP songwriter and performer
Tina Weymouth Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club
Brian Austin Whitney Founder, Just Plain Folks
Jim Winston Executive Director, National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters
Shoshana Samole Zisk Attorney and Business Affairs, George Clinton Enterprises
Brian Zisk Technologies Director, Future of Music Coalition

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