BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Electronic Frontier Foundation | November 09\, 2009 - December 09\, 2009 PRODID:-//strange bird labs//Drupal iCal API//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20100319T213944Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091110T003000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091110T020000Z UID:http://www.eff.org/calendar/2009/11/09/eff-future-dvd-panel-and-happy-hour-san-francisco URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.eff.org/calendar/2009/11/09/eff-future-dvd-panel-and-happy-hour-san-francisco SUMMARY:EFF at \\"The Future of DVD\\" Panel and Happy Hour in San Francisco DESCRIPTION:

Please join the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) for a panel discussion on \\"The Future of DVD\\" at the Varnish Gallery in San Francisco on Monday\, November 9\, at 5\:30 p.m.

Panelists include Kaleidescape CEO Michael Malcolm\, Real Networks Vice President and General Counsel Bill Way\, and EFF Senior Staff Attorney Fred von Lohmann. \\"The Future of DVD\\" will examine the legal battles over DVD rentals\, ripping\, backups\, home media servers\, and portable media players. The current legal battles involving RealDVD\, Kaleidescape\, and Redbox underscore the continuing struggle between Hollywood\, consumers\, and innovators over the future of the DVD.

\\"The Future of DVD\\" panel is free and open to the public\, and includes a hosted bar. EFF would like to thank Real Networks for helping to make this event possible.

WHAT\:
\\"The Future of DVD\\" Panel and Happy Hour

WHEN\:
Monday\, November 9
5\:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

WHERE\:
Varnish Gallery
77 Natoma St.
San Francisco\, CA

RSVP\:
For more information or to RSVP\, please email events@eff.org.

Contact\:

Rebecca Jeschke
Media Relations Director
Electronic Frontier Foundation
press@eff.org

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20100319T213944Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091117T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091117T020000Z UID:http://www.eff.org/calendar/2009/11/16/future-books-commonwealth-club URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.eff.org/calendar/2009/11/16/future-books-commonwealth-club SUMMARY:The Future of Books at The Commonwealth Club DESCRIPTION:

Will the printed word become obsolete? Access to information is constantly changing\, and the popularity of e-books and online material is on the rise. To survive\, publishing companies are trying to adapt to new forms of written media. Discover how innovations such as the Kindle and Google Books will affect us both socially and economically and learn how industry insiders are keeping up with the changes.

Kevin Hunsanger\, Owner\, Green Apple Books
Jared Friedman\, Co-founder\, Scribd
Brewster Kahle\, Director and Co-founder\, Archive.org
Dan Clancy\, Engineering Director\, Google Books
Pamela Samuelson\, Distinguished Professor\, Law and Information\, UC Berkeley
David Hellman\, Associate Librarian\, SFSU

Location\: SF Club Office
Time\: 5\:30 p.m. check-in\, 6 p.m. program
Cost\: MEMBERS FREE\, $18 non-members\, $7 students (with valid ID)
Also know\: Underwriter\: The Bernard Osher Foundation

The Commonwealth Club
Meet interesting people. Become one.
595 Market Street\, 2nd floor SF\, CA 94105
commonwealthclub.org or (415) 597-6705

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20100319T213944Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091201T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091201T033000Z UID:http://www.eff.org/calendar/2009/11/30/jennifer-granick-noisebridge-san-francisco URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.eff.org/calendar/2009/11/30/jennifer-granick-noisebridge-san-francisco SUMMARY:Jennifer Granick at Noisebridge in San Francisco DESCRIPTION:

Monday evening\, EFF Civil Liberties Director Jennifer Granick will answer questions at the Noisebridge community-center in San Francisco. Details on Noisebridge.net.

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