Febr17th \The Internet Strikes Back! ZERO SILENCE. State of the Net Conference. IP Enforcement and the State of the Net. Today, Future of Music Coalition checked out the State of the Net Conference — an annual event in Washington, DC hosted by the Advisory Committee to the Congressional Internet Caucus. State of the Net (or SOTN, as known to the Twitterverse), examines current issues at the intersection of technology and policy. Throw some music in there, and we’re good to go. We’ve attended this event before, and are always impressed at the healthy mix of tech experts, legal eagles and wonks it attracts.
This year was no exception. SOTN (which runs through Wednesday, Jan. 19) featured fascinating conversations about everything from Wikileaks to internet privacy. We were particularly interested in a panel about intellectual property enforcement online. This is because copyright — including music — is a part of intellectual property, and there’s been a lot of debate about how it fits in with that whole internet thing. FMC is very much pro-intellectual property. But back to SOTN. 1.