The Annenberg Public Policy Center and Rice University, in association with Public Knowledge and the Center for Public Domain invite you to participate in the landmark conference:

Knowledge Held Hostage? Scholarly versus Corporate Rights in the Digital Age

Scholars of all types are facing tighter controls over the copyrighted text, images, and video they use for research and teaching purposes. This action-oriented conference will bring together academics, librarians, legal thinkers, and activists from around the country in a cross-disciplinary discussion of the unique problems that scholars and their institutions face in the growing field of digital rights management.

The conference details are:

• Place - Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
• Date - Friday, June 18, 2004
• Time - 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
• Cost - The sponsors will fully subsidize your meals and registration. The sponsors will also subsidize hotel accommodations for those who require them and respond early.

Confirmed panelists represent the best minds in their diverse areas. Among them are Hal Abelson (MIT), Laura Gasaway (North Carolina), Peter Jaszi (American), Sut Jhally (Massachusetts), Gigi Sohn (Public Knowledge), Siva Vaidhyanathan (NYU).

To learn more about the conference or to register, please go to the Knowledge Held Hostage Web site. Space is limited, so we encourage you to register as soon as possible.