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    This year the SIGGRAPH Public Policy Chair, Bob Ellis, will be stepping down. While the SIGGRAPH Public Policy Program will no longer be active, this web site will remain online for archival and information purposes until further notice. Bob Ellis will continue to be a member of the ACM's U.S. policy organization USACM.

    		 
     

     
     

    The mission of the SIGGRAPH Public Policy Program is to provide visibility of relevant, external non-technical information, such as proposed legislation, to SIGGRAPH members and others in the computer graphics technical community and to provide information on the implications of technology to the non-technical community, including policy makers and funding agencies.

    		 
     

     
     

    Computer Graphics Columns:
    Starting with the November 97 issue, there has been a regular column on public policy. Beginning with the February 98 issue, they are also in the online version of Computer Graphics, but they are reprinted here for convenience and to make the information available sooner due to the publication delay.

    November 2003    (Public Policy Activities at SIGGRAPH 2003)
    August 2003    (Changes in Public Policy Program, Policy Events at the San Diego Conference)
    May 2003    (Conference Policy Proposals, Statement on Broadband, IP and Web3d Development)
    February 2003    (Consumer Broadband Deregulation Act, ACM Workshop on Digital Rights)
    November 2002    (S2002, Courses, Copyright vs. Computer Design, Email List, Bibliography)
    August 2002    (PP Program, Copyright Issues, Killer Apps, Tutorial on Copyright, CFP2002)
    May 2002    (S2002 Update, Email List, Volunteers, UCITA, ACM PP & Washington, more...)
    February 2002    (Beyond Copyright, S2002 Proposals, DSL/Cable Woes, Lessig on Copyright)
    November 2001    (Notes, Events at S2001, Beyond Copyright, Universal Usability)
    August 2001    (Our Program, Outreach, UCITA, Imploding DSL Carriers, DTV, Course Materials)
    May 2001    (S2001 Policy Course/Panel, FCC, Napster, UCITA, A Letter, UCITA, DMCA Dialog)
    February 2001    (Survey, NRC CG Research, S2001 Course/Panel, DTV and Comments)
    November 2000    (S2000 activities, Residential Broadband, UCITA)
    August 2000    (Activities, The Digital Divide, Digital Copy Protection, CFP 2000, Third Survey)
    May 2000    (Controversy, Experts, Intellectual Property, Updates & an Interesting Conference)
    February 2000    (Domain Names, Digital Television, CFP2000, ACM Book, 3rd Survey)
    November 1999    (SIGGRAPH 99, Security & Internet Access, FCC Action, Surveys)
    August 1999    (Focus on "Last-Mile" Bandwidth Continues)
    May 1999    ("Last-Mile" Bandwidth and Preliminary Survey Results)
    February 1999    (New Online Survey and Digital Watermarking)
    November 1998    (SIGGRAPH98 and ACM/Policy98 Wrap-up)
    August 1998    (Digital Copy Protection & Public Policy WWW pages)
    May 1998    (ACM Policy98, Visualization 97, and CFP98)
    February 1998    (SIGGRAPH White Paper & ACM Public Policy Activities)
    November 1997    (SIGGRAPH Public Policy)

    		 
     

     
     

    Public Policy Program:
    SIGGRAPH 2003 Course 17 Notes "Intellectual Property, Copyright and Digital Rights Management for Computer Graphics" (1,878K PDF)

    ZDNet News Article "Software programmers hit the law books" (394K PDF)

    SIGGRAPH 2002 Course 38 Notes "Introduction to the Impact of Public Policy on Computer Graphics" (375K PDF)

    SIGGRAPH 2002 Course 53 Notes "Intellectual Property, Copyright and Digital Rights Management for Computer Graphics" (1,139K PDF)

    Public Policy Program Report for 2001
    Public Policy Program Report for 2000

    On-Line Technology Policy Bibliography

    Public Policy Links:
    ACM Public Policy (www.acm.org/serving/)
    USACM (www.acm.org/usacm/)

    Public Policy Letters:
    Regarding `The Need for Speed` (to the editor of CACM)
    Advanced Television Systems (to the FCC)

    		 
     

     
     

    ACM SIGGRAPH Whitepaper:
    Computer Graphics, Visualization, Imaging, and the GII: Technical Challenges and Public Policy Issues

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    Disclaimer:
    The references to certain URLs contained in this site are provided as a service to the reader. Their use should not be interpreted to mean that ACM or SIGGRAPH either supports or endorses the referenced material. In fact, due to the archival nature of this site, some of the referenced URLs may not be still valid.

    		 
     

    Last updated on: Sat Feb 7 16:12:29 EST 2004 by doogie@siggraph.org