<div>Today is of course December 9 (not April 9)....<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 1:16 AM Greg Shatan &lt;<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_default gmail_msg"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="gmail_msg">The US Dept of Commerce is holding a meeting on Copyright in the Digital Marketplace at the US Patent and Trademark Office.  Strange but true, and it&#39;s happening today, Friday, April 9.  Commerce had a public comment period and <a href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7671" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank"> one earlier meeting </a>, which was held in April 2015. Remote participation details below.<br class="gmail_msg"></font></div></div><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_default gmail_msg"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></font></div><div class="gmail_default gmail_msg"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="gmail_msg">Greg</font></div></div><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"><u class="gmail_msg"></u><br><br><br><br><br><br>        <br><br>        <br><br>        <br><br>        <br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="m_-8728961496130577400m_-2290749037848918419m_4026629761288705709subscription-body-tag gmail_msg"><br><br><br><br><br><br><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="width:100%;background:#dddddd" class="gmail_msg"><td><br>        <tbody class="gmail_msg"><tr class="gmail_msg"><br>                <td class="gmail_msg"><br><br>                                        <span style="display:none!important" class="gmail_msg"><br><br>                                joly posted: &quot;On Friday December 9 2016 the US Department of Commerce’s Internet Policy Task Force will hold a meeting - Developing the Digital Marketplace for Copyrighted Works - at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. The meeting&quot;                        </span><br><br>                                                <br><br><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" class="m_-8728961496130577400m_-2290749037848918419m_4026629761288705709subscribe-body gmail_msg" style="width:100%;padding:10px"><td><br>                                <tbody class="gmail_msg"><tr class="gmail_msg"><br>                                        <td class="gmail_msg"><br><br>                                                                                                <div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0 auto;overflow:hidden" class="gmail_msg"><br><br>                                                        <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="m_-8728961496130577400m_-2290749037848918419m_4026629761288705709subscribe-wrapper gmail_msg" style="width:100%;background-color:#fff;text-align:left;max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0 auto"><tbody class="gmail_msg"><tr class="gmail_msg"><td class="gmail_msg"><br><br><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="gmail_msg"><tbody class="gmail_msg"><tr class="gmail_msg"><td class="gmail_msg"><br><br><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="gmail_msg"><tbody class="gmail_msg"><tr class="gmail_msg"><td valign="top" class="m_-8728961496130577400m_-2290749037848918419m_4026629761288705709the-post gmail_msg"><br><br>                                                                                                                                <br><br>                                                                                                                                <div class="m_-8728961496130577400m_-2290749037848918419m_4026629761288705709post-content gmail_msg" style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><br><br>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        <p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em" class="gmail_msg"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://livestream.com/uspto/DigitalMarketplace16" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank"><img border="0" class="m_-8728961496130577400m_-2290749037848918419m_4026629761288705709size-full m_-8728961496130577400m_-2290749037848918419m_4026629761288705709wp-image-8858 gmail_msg" src="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/uspto.png" alt="livestream" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:12px;clear:both;float:right;margin-left:1em;padding:4px;background-color:white;border:1px solid #ccc"></a>On <strong class="gmail_msg">Friday December 9 2016</strong> the <strong class="gmail_msg"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/ip-policy/copyright/internet-policy-task-force" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">US Department of Commerce’s Internet Policy Task Force</a></strong> will hold a meeting - <strong class="gmail_msg"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/ip-policy/public-meeting-developing-digital-marketplace-copyrighted-works-dec" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">Developing the Digital Marketplace for Copyrighted Works</a> </strong>- at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. The meeting is convened to facilitate constructive, cross-industry dialogue among stakeholders about ways to promote a more robust and collaborative digital marketplace for copyrighted works. The meeting will focus on initiatives in this space that relate to standards development, interoperability across digital registries, and cross-industry collaboration, to understand the current state of affairs, identify challenges, and discuss paths forward. It will also be an opportunity to explore potential approaches to the future adoption and integration into the online marketplace of relevant emerging technologies, such as blockchain technology and open-source platforms. The goal is to provide a platform for discussion, and to determine in what ways government can be of assistance. One outcome could be to establish working groups to tackle specific issues through a multi-stakeholder process. Plenary sessions will be webcast via the <strong class="gmail_msg"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://livestream.com/uspto/DigitalMarketplace16" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">USPTO Livestream Channel</a></strong> with <strong class="gmail_msg"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://www.captionedtext.com/client/embed.aspx?EventID=3128722" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">live text transcription</a></strong>.</p><br><br><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em" class="gmail_msg"><strong class="gmail_msg">What: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/ip-policy/public-meeting-developing-digital-marketplace-copyrighted-works-dec" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">Developing the Digital Marketplace for Copyrighted Works</a><br class="gmail_msg"><br><br>Where: USPTO HQ, Alexandria VA<br class="gmail_msg"><br><br>When: Friday December 9 2016 8:30am-3:45pm EST | 13:30-20:45 UTC<br class="gmail_msg"><br><br>Agenda: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://bit.ly/2h9Avdt" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2h9Avdt</a><br class="gmail_msg"><br><br>Webcast: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://livestream.com/uspto/DigitalMarketplace16" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://livestream.com/uspto/DigitalMarketplace16</a><br class="gmail_msg"><br><br>Transcript: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://www.captionedtext.com/client/embed.aspx?EventID=3128722" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://www.captionedtext.com/client/embed.aspx?EventID=3128722</a><br class="gmail_msg"><br><br>Twitter: uspto + copyright <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://bit.ly/2h9zMZP" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2h9zMZP</a></strong></p></div><br><br>                                                                                                                                <br><br>                                                                                                                        <br><br>                                                                                                                                <p class="m_-8728961496130577400m_-2290749037848918419m_4026629761288705709subscribe-action-links gmail_msg" style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em;font-size:14px;color:#666;padding:0;width:auto;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:0em;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-left:0"><br><br>                                                                                                                                        </p><br><br><br><br><br><table class="m_-8728961496130577400m_-2290749037848918419m_4026629761288705709auto-width gmail_msg" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding=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