PUBLIC POLICY Public Policy Update We be~n ~ r _ o l u m n ~ a review ~ : ~i:: public policy ~ : ~ I : S I G G ~ :':~:~: ~ , which was l~Id"in New Orleans, appropriate staffers in the Washington office. It was also obvious to us that ACM has very little visibility in Washington making meetings like this an important part of our activities. I will try to get some policy maker participation in all our future committee meetings. compared to the other content of the conference. We decided that a course should focus on awareness and a panel should have a single topic rather than overview several issues. Subsequent discussion and thought has led me to consider proposing a two-hour course and a panel on copyrights for digital material for SIGGRAPH 2001.The course would be a two-hour course to increase the probability of acceptance of this decidedly non-mainstream topic with options to expand the course to a half or full day.The panel would consist of speakers representing the academic community, a practicing intellectual property attorney, creators of copyrighted digital material and users of copyrighted digital material representing a diverse array
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