From: Anne Griffith
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 4:24 PM
To: Everyone
Subject: SIIA Content Division July Friday Memo
Friday Memo - July 2003

SIIA Content Division News
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THIS ISSUE INCLUDES:
-- Thank you Emily, Hello Jeff Cutler
-- Content division events
-- Public Policy Update
-- New Publication
-- Upcoming Events
-- Save the Date -- Information Industry Summit

Thank you Emily, Hello Jeff Cutler  --  New Division Head for the Content Division

Emily Pilk's stewardship of the Division over the past year has grown its programs and events to new heights and we would like to extend our most sincere appreciation to her for the fantastic work she did for the SIIA.  We wish Emily continued success in her new position with information industry analyst company, Outsell Inc.  We are pleased to announce that industry veteran Jeff Cutler will be serving as interim Vice-President of the Content Division. In coming weeks, Jeff will be reaching out to member companies to hear your feedback on how SIIA can best serve your firm's needs.  In addition, Jeff will be responsible for the Content Division's events including the Information Industry Summit (see below) and the monthly Brown Bag lunch series.  You can reach Jeff at (973) 378-8912 or by e-mail at jcutler@siia.net.

CONTENT DIVISION EVENTS

SIIA / Outsell Webcast Series - REGISTER NOW
"Targeting End Users - Manufacturing & Purchasing Professionals"
Wednesday July 9, 2003, 1:30 - 2:30 PM (EDT)

Roger Strouse, Director and Lead Analyst, Outsell, Inc.

This webcast will focus on purchasing professionals as information consumers, exploring the information needs of a group that needs a constant stream of information about suppliers and products. Outsell will present and analyze its extensive data about this function's information habits and preferences. Key attributes to be analyzed include: goals, values and work tasks; types of information used; information spending levels; perceptions of the Internet as an information source; and information problems and challenges. Content vendors targeting corporate purchasing professionals will come away with a solid understanding of the unique information needs of an important group of users.

Register at: https://www.trendsreport.net/events/calendar/prereg.asp?eventid=305

Brown Bag Lunch Series

SIIA Brown Bag Lunches are great opportunities to learn more about companies, trends and technologies and to catch up with peers from local technology and information vendors. Don't forget to tote a lunch. Free to SIIA members and $35 for non-members. To register, contact: Becki Lake (blake@siia.net) or register online at http://www.siia.net/events.

New York Brown Bag Lunch -- Register Today --
"Taking Advantage of Software & Information Convergence"
July 30, 2003
Time:  11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Location:  TBD

The panel discussion will focus on the trend of software providers embedding content directly into their applications. Rather than forcing users to leave the application to seek out a data point or piece of background support, the company licenses relevant information from one or more publishers or integrates free public domain content. This trend may drastically alter the way users interact with information. They will no longer have to think about search process or remember where to find appropriate information. What does this mean for information providers? Is it a threat or an opportunity?
Join a panel of information providers and software publishers to explore the implications of products that may change the user landscape significantly in the near future

Moderator: Ed Keating, Principal, Avantt Consulting, Inc.
Panelists:   Peter Berkery, Securities Publisher, CCH Inc.
                Chet Ensign, Senior Director, Systems Architecture and Development Services, LexisNexis
                Others to be confirmed

Free to SIIA members and $35 for non-members. To register, contact: Becki Lake (blake@siia.net) or register online at: http://www.trendsreport.net/events/calendar/prereg.asp?eventid=307 or http://www.siia.net/events

Chicago Brown Bag Lunch
"The Future of Newspapers in a Digital World"
September 16
12 pm - 1:30 pm
Offices of Holland & Knight, 131 South Dearborn Street, Chicago

Newspapers face critical threats from new technologies. Younger readers are migrating to the internet for news and information while web sites for jobs, real estate, and cars are threatening to draw revenues away from newspaper classified advertising. A panel of newspaper executives and industry experts will discuss the challenges that large and small newspapers face in adapting to market changes brought about by new technology.

Moderator:  Lee Greenhouse, President, Greenhouse Associates
Panelists:    David Hiller, Senior Vice President, Tribune Publishing
                 Rich Gordon, Associate Professor, Chair of the New Media Program, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
                 Paul Mullaney, Managing Editor -Operations, The Times of Northwest Indiana

Free to SIIA members and $35 for non-members. To register, contact: Becki Lake (blake@siia.net) or register online at: http://www.trendsreport.net/events/calendar/prereg.asp?eventid=306 or http://www.siia.net/events.

GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

A number of congressional activities of interest to division members have occurred lately.  Full text of some of the information below is available only to SIIA members.  You may also access this information at http://www.siia.net/govt

Intellectual Property:  "Amicus Brief in Support of RIAA in RIAA v. Verizon" - June 24, 2003 (http://www.siia.net/govt/amicusriaa.pdf)  As required by court order, Verizon gave the RIAA the names of four users suspected of illegally downloading digital copies of songs.  RIAA then sent letters to these four individuals demanding that they stop their file sharing activities.  RIAA also sent a letter to a fifth user identified by Earthlink, which had refused to disclose the identity of its subscriber until the Verizon decision came down.  RIAA followed this up with a warning that it will launch a massive campaign to target individuals who offer "substantial amounts" of music through P2P networks.

Intellectual Property:  On June 19th, H.R. 2517, the Piracy Deterrence and Education Act of 2003 was introduced by introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property,  Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA), Ranking Member of that Subcommittee, and Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee.  The bill instructs the FBI to:  (1) develop a program to deter online piracy, (2) develop a warning, with the FBI seal, that copyright holders could issue to suspected violators; and (3) encourage sharing of information on suspected copyright violations among law enforcement, copyright owners and ISPs.  The bill also requires the DOJ to hire agents trained to deal with computer hacking and intellectual property issues, and, in conjunction with the departments of Education and Commerce, to develop programs to educate the public on copyright issues.  The bill would also amend the Copyright Act so that registration is not a prerequisite for the Federal Government to take enforcement actions under the Act.  A copy of the bill can be found at: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/C?c108:./temp/~c108rWqG2g.

Intellectual Property: Sovereign Immunity Bill Introduced and Hearing Held: Two bills - H.R. 2344 and S. 1191, the "Intellectual Property Protection Restoration Act of 2002" - were introduced by Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Berman in the House and Senator Leahy in the Senate to address the inequities resulting from State sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment for intellectual property infringements.  The bills, which are virtually identical to bills introduced last Congress, would force States to choose between abrogating either their intellectual property rights or their sovereign immunity from copyright, patent and trademark lawsuits.  In addition to the waiver provisions that amend the patent, copyright, and trademark laws, the legislation confirms the availability of damages and injunctive relief against an officer or employee of the state, as under Ex parte Young.  Also included are provisions declaring that states shall be liable for "compensation" in Federal court for violating patent, trademark, copyright, and plant rights in a manner that deprives any person of property in violation of the fourteenth amendment, or that takes property in violation of the fifth or fourteenth amendment.
Press Release: http://www.siia.net/sharedcontent/press/2003/6-17-03.html
Read Testimony: http://www.siia.net/govt/June17testimony.pdf

Education Issues:  "SIIA Hosts Successful DC Fly-In: Summary/Presentations Available" - June 16, 2003
http://www.siia.net/divisions/education/events_flyin03.asp

SIIA Issue Briefs:  "GAC Meeting Digital Briefing Book: Issue Backgrounders" - June 12, 2003
http://www.siia.net/govt/backgrounders6-03.asp

Court Holds that Intermediate Copying of Web Page to Extract Facts Is Fair Use:  In Ticketmaster Corp. v. Tickets.com, Inc., the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted summary judgment to Tickets.com on copyright claims brought by Ticketmaster, holding that automated intermediate copying of web pages into computer memory by means of a "spider" program to extract facts contained in those pages is a permissible fair use. The court acknowledged that Tickets.com's spider program copied all of the content on the Ticketmaster web pages (including the literal code that produced the screen display of the pages) but held that under Sega v. Accolade and Sony v. Connectix such copying was a fair use because the content and code were held in computer memory only temporarily to extract the facts.  The court also granted a summary judgment motion to dismiss a trespass to chattels claim, finding that Ticketmaster failed to offer evidence that spidering caused damage to the operation of the computer system trespassed.  The court held that the mere use of a spider to enter a publicly available web site to gather information, without more, does not satisfy the harm requirement for trespass to chattels.

NEW PUBLICATION

"Scientifically Based Research: A Guide for Educational Publishers and Developers"
This Guide was produced to address the specific needs of SIIA members, providing companies with a thorough, one-stop primer and resource on issues surrounding NCLBA's SBR requirements. The 85 page Guide includes definitions, models and practical answers necessary for companies to develop and implement a research agenda related to product development, documenting a product's research basis and validating product effectiveness. The Guide is co-authored by Dr. Doris Redfield (AEL) and Dr. Jay Sivin-Kachala (IESD).

Price: Free for SIIA Members, $475 to non-members.
Members may download the report from the SIIA Bookstore at http://www.siia.net/store under the Education section.

UPCOMING EVENTS
Other SIIA upcoming events are listed bellow.  All SIIA and partner events can be found at http://www.siia.net/events.

October 14 - 16: 6th World Financial Information Conference
October 30: C3 Investment Forum: Code, Content and Commerce

Coming in 2004  SAVE THE DATE  --  January 27, 2004
SIIA Information Industry Summit - Union League Club - New York City
This executive level one-day conference was sold-out in January 2003 and promises to be just as valuable in 2004.  Mark your calendars and look for further information on the Summit.

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SIIA EVENT SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE
Extend your company's brand and market reach by becoming a sponsor of an SIIA event - 2004 Information Industry Summit, Brown Bag Lunches, 2003 Webcasts or 2004 SIIA Annual Conference or other SIIA events, please contact Anika King at aking@siia.net.
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