We're excited to make these sessions available for download so that industry leaders and consumers alike can stay informed on these issues, the outcome of which will have a large and lasting impact on our industry and our culture
Gary Shapiro, CEA President and CEO

The Consumer Electronics Association announced the availability of podcast recordings from its Entertainment Technology Policy Summit panel discussions and keynote presentations, including charged debates on intellectual property between the likes of Mark Cuban, HDNet; Preston Padden, The Walt Disney Company; Gigi Sohn, Public Knowledge; CEA's Gary Shapiro and others. The inaugural event, which ran March 15-16, 2006, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C., included animated--and at times outright contentious--debates over intellectual property protection, fair use rights and new digital content distribution methods.

"We're excited to make these sessions available for download so that industry leaders and consumers alike can stay informed on these issues, the outcome of which will have a large and lasting impact on our industry and our culture," said CEA President and CEO Gary Shapiro. "It's clear that there is passion from all sides as we reach this defining moment for the future of technology and entertainment. These sessions capture that passion and make clear the challenge our industries are facing."

The podcasts include memorable moments such as Cuban using a barnyard obscenity involving a bull to describe piracy reports by Padden. Agendas and personalities also clashed as Dan Glickman, head of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and David Israelite, of the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA), squared off in a fiery debate against Fred von Lohmann, of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Sohn and Shapiro regarding intellectual property.