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SIIA NEWS
SIIA Launches Content Anti-Piracy Program
New Copyright Guide Answers Frequent Campus Questions
Major Software Pirate Receives Record Prison Sentence
SIIA Announces OnDemand Conference
Florida Man Receives Six Year Jail Term & Must Pay $4 Million Restitution for Software Piracy
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October 2006
Events
¤ Brown Bag Lunch: Successful Deals with Google and Yahoo!, NYC / Webcast (10/25)
¤ Information Industry Summit: Call for Speakers ends Friday, October 27
¤ Executive FaceTime: New Program Launches with Gordon Crovitz Interview
¤ London Online November 27-29
¤ Brown Bag Lunch: B2B Paid Content, NYC / Webcast (12/13)
News
¤ Previews
¤ Content Forum Steering Committee
¤ Marketing Special Interest Group
¤ Global Information Industry Summit presentations
¤ Boston Brown Bag Lunch: Technology Enabled Lead Generation
Government Affairs/Public Policy Updates
¤ Updates
SIIA Member Press Releases
EVENTS:
¤ Brown Bag Lunch: Successful Deals with Google and Yahoo!, NYC / Webcast (10/25)
For most publishers, the question is not whether, but how best to cooperate with the major search engines - whether as suppliers, partners, customers or all of the above.
Steve Sieck, VP & Senior Consultant, Outsell, will moderate this session that will highlight win-win arrangements for providers of high-value information content.
Further details on this session, including registration information, can be found here.
¤ Information Industry Summit: Call for Speakers ends Friday, October 27
There are still a few speaking slots available for the upcoming Information Industry Summit. If you, or a member of your executive team,
are interested in speaking at the Summit, please visit the conference website.
¤ Executive FaceTime: New Program Launches with Gordon Crovitz Interview
This new webinar series features one-on-one interviews with industry leaders. The series launches with an interview of Gordon Crovitz,
Executive Vice President, Dow Jones & Company, by Hal Espo, President of Contextual Connections, LLC. The web audience will be invited to submit questions during the program, which
takes place on Tuesday, November 21, 12:00PM – 1:30PM EST. To register, click here.
London Online November 27-29:
Visit the SIIA Booth to speak with Ed Keating, VP Content Division, and Eric Fredell, VP Membership, on hand to see SIIA
members and to learn about the association needs of European publishers. The SIIA Booth (#342) will be part of the Innodata Isogen Partner Pavilion.
¤ Brown Bag Lunch: B2B Paid Content, New York / Webcast (12/13)
The web has turned many millions more of us into prospects for information and related products. Many "for fee" information
providers have placed an emphasis on knowing more about:
• Motivations and behaviors
• Product and site design
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO) / Search Engine Marketing (SEM)
• Partner and Distribution Strategies
Our panel of experts will share how they developed the tools and techniques to find, service, and satisfy their burgeoning e-commerce prospects,
customers and businesses. Further detail on this session -- including registration information -- can be found here.
NEWS:
¤ Previews
The Content Division is planning a half-day event to focus on innovative new companies. Previews will take place on Monday January 29, the day before the annual
Information Industry Summit. This event will feature a panel of corporate deal-makers, a keynote address, and ten company presentations
of innovative, early-stage companies featuring exciting content plays or content technology. Details will be posted shortly here.
¤ Content Forum Steering Committee
We are looking for members to help us plan next Spring’s Content Forum, taking place April 15-17 in San Francisco. The Committee will have its first meeting on Wednesday, November 8, at 1:00 PM EST.
If you are interested in taking part, please contact Ed Keating at ekeating@siia.net.
¤ Marketing Special Interest Group
The Content Division is looking to create a Marketing SIG comprised of VPs and Directors of Marketing, Product Managers and others involved with the
promotion, pricing and packaging of information products. We expect this group to meet via teleconference and in person at our major conferences to discuss and debate industry marketing issues.
If you are interested in adding your leadership to help us kick off this new program, contact Ed Keating at ekeating@siia.net.
¤ Global Information Industry Summit: held 9/14 - 15, Amsterdam
The SIIA's inaugural Global Information Industry Summit took place in Amsterdam last month. More than 130 Publishing executives,
industry experts and business development specialists attended the Summit. Presentations from the conference can be found here.
¤ Boston Brown Bag Lunch: Technology Enabled Lead Generation - Can It Work for You? (held 9/27)
The Content Division’s first regional Brown Bag Lunch was held in Boston at the offices of Mintz Levin last month. Bill Burger, Vice President Marketing at Copyright Clearance Center,
moderated this session and was joined by executives from Generate, Inc., Zoom Information, Inc. and TrueAdvantage. If you’d like to organize a session in your region, please contact Ed Keating at ekeating@siia.net.
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS / PUBLIC POLICY
SIIA's Government Affairs program aggressively promotes and protects the interests of its member companies
in legal and public policy debates by working with state, federal and international policymakers, organizing grassroots activism and participating in landmark legal decisions.
SIIA is the leading voice on key issues affecting the software and digital content industry, particularly with regard to electronic commerce and the digital marketplace.
¤ Policy Updates
The following updates and commentaries have been posted in the past month:
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September Intellectual Property Update
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FTC Brings First Action Against 'Social Networking Site' -- Largest COPPA Fine (July 20)
SIIA MEMBER PRESS
RELEASES:
• CBSNews.com Partners With Answers.com to Enhance News With Instant Access to Reference Information
• Answers.com Wins People's Choice Award
• New Clickability Release Streamlines Web Content Delivery Options, Improves Bottom Line
• Javien to Power SNOCAP Music Sales
• Javien Technology Provides E-commerce Support to MTV Networks’ URGE
• Aristotle University of Salonica is First in Greece to Launch MuseSearch
• Really Strategies Announces RSuite CMS at InfoCommerce 2006
• NewsGator Sees Strong Market Growth and Demand for Enterprise RSS Solutions
• J. J. Keller Announces New Hires
• MarketResearch.com Announces Distribution of Enerdata Research
• JEGI: Viacom’s MTV Networks Acquires Gorilla Nation’s Quizilla.com
Edited by Ed Keating, Vice President, Content Division, SIIA
Comments are welcome!
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