[Politech] U.S. Chmbr of Commerce hosts private IP confab with DHS officials [ip]

From: Declan McCullagh (declan@private)
Date: Tue Aug 17 2004 - 07:33:00 PDT


See:
http://events.uschamber.com/conference/brochure/index.cfm?ConferenceID=41

Never mind that government officials from the Department of Homeland
Security are speaking today about matters of public interest relating
to intellectual property. Never mind that the event is free.

The folks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have decreed that it's only
for copyright and other IP lobbyists -- and not members of the press,
who might (gasp!) report on what government officials are saying or
doing. (That would be a shame, wouldn't it?)

Far better to ban the media from attending: "**This Event Is NOT Open
To The Press.**"

-Declan
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