Free Speech Coalition (FSC) Executive Director Diane Duke will speak on a panel at the inaugural Distributed Computing Industry Association (DCIA) P2P & Cloud Media Summit (http://www.dcia.info/activities/p2pcms2010/) held at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel on Thursday, May 6th. The summit coincides with the Digital Hollywood Spring conference, also being presented at the hotel (http://www.digitalhollywood.com/).

The DCIA Summit 'will explore current policy, technology, and content issues as well as next-generation business opportunities related to P2P and cloud-based commercial offerings,' according to the summit website.

Duke is scheduled to appear at 12pm, on a panel titled 'Key Challenge - Balancing Monetization and Anti-Piracy Efforts to Maximize Profitability.' The topics to be discussed will include business models that are the most promising in the P2P and cloud-based content delivery environments; changes needed to better harness P2P and file-sharing technologies; as well as optimization of security solutions and other developments that will benefit users of P2P, cloud-based and assisted-peer distribution platforms.

Duke's fellow panelists include independent producer Melike Amjarv, Copyright Clearance Center's Chris Kenneally, BUZZMedia's Mike Lewis, BayTSP's Lawrence Low, and Game Based Monitoring's Gabe Zichermann. The panel will be moderated by We Get It Consulting's Laura Tunberg.

'I think it is important that the people creating these new content delivery platforms understand the impact of piracy on the entertainment industry overall,' Duke said. 'Both content providers and platform creators need to think 'outside the box' at potential delivery systems and business models that will broaden access for consumers while providing revenues for the creators of the content.'

Duke's panel appearance is especially timely since FSC recently launched its Anti-Piracy Action Program (APAP) for adult content producers, as well as two FSC-produced anti-piracy public service announcements videos that have received more than 275,000 YouTube views and coverage on Wired.com, Media Bistro, LA Times and NY Times.

For more information on APAP or FSC membership, contact the FSC at (818) 348-9373.


About The Free Speech Coalition:

The Free Speech Coalition is the national trade organization to the adult entertainment industry. Its mission is to lead, protect and support the growth and well-being of the adult entertainment community.