Internet Media, Japan, the new Law, Anime

Join entertainment/media lawyer David B. Hoppe of GAMMALAW, JAPANAMERICA author Roland Kelts and NIPPON POP author and music journalist Steve McClure for a presentation/discussion about Japan's new illegal download law and the debate over online media: should it remain free and unfettered, or should it be legally controlled and restricted? Lunch served.
MEMBERS: *Please register BEFORE MONDAY EVENING, Nov. 12, at the FCCJ site here: http://tinyurl.com/b2hs9oz
NONMEMBERS: Please RSVP BEFORE MONDAY EVENING, 
Nov. 12, here or via email - and let us know if you would like to purchase lunch.

エンターテインメント/メディア分野を専門とする弁護士のデビッド・B・ホッピ、『ジャパナメリカ』の作者であるローランド・ケルツ、
そして『NIPPON POP』作者スティーヴ マックルーアの三者が出演するプレゼンテーション/ディスカッションです。
日本で論争を巻き起こしている新しく厳格な「違法ダウンロード禁止法」そしてオンライン・メディアに関する論議。
それは果たして拘束せず自由なままにすべきなのか、または法律で規制し制限されるべきなのか。
来場者にはランチが出ます。
FCCJ会員の方：11月12日（月）の夜までにFCCJサイト（http://tinyurl.com/b2hs9oz）でご登録をお願いします。
一般の方：11月12日（月）の夜までに本FBページ、またはメールにてランチ予約の有無をご連絡下さい。

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