NMC Campus Observer

Congress and Virtual Worlds

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Apr 1, 2008 09:27am

Whew, just finished watching the 2+ hour live video stream from the Congressional testimonies on Virtual Worlds. How… interesting are some of the interests and perspectives of our leadership, but it is re-assuring to know it is on their radar. For more info, see Mr Pixel Goes to Washington…

Among the speakers, it was exciting to see and listen to Philip Rosedale and NMC’s own Larry Johnson

The video should appear on the archives eventually at the Committee on Energy and Commerce website - but we snagged an audio recording if you cannot wait.

April 1, 2008 testimony to the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet [40.7 Mb PM3, 2:15:00]

Update: Meeting materials (papers) and the video archive are now available:
http://energycommerce.house.gov/cmte_mtgs/110-ti-hrg.040108.VirtualWorlds.shtml

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6 Comments Add your own

1. Unedited notes from Congr&hellip | April 1st, 2008 at 9:33 am

[…] Alan Levine at the New Media Consortium’s site just posted an audio link of the hearing. Thanks […]
2. Zoe Connolly | April 1st, 2008 at 9:47 am

I’m posting reactions here …. Second Life/Linden Lab appearance before the US Congressional Committee on Energy and Commerce - Second Life Bloggers
3. Jamming Independent | April 1st, 2008 at 10:28 am

Thanks for grabbing the audio archive, Rik. This is going to be hugely helpful while I wait on House E&C’s sloooooow video archiving.
4. CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) | April 1st, 2008 at 10:40 am

You are welcome, though the name is CDB or Alan
5. Congressman Markey’&hellip | April 1st, 2008 at 1:58 pm

[…] We were viewing at the overflow Rayburn isle in SL. Video link will be released soon is here with pdfs of witness testimony. Thanks to Troy McLuhan for spotting that at NMC’s [New Media Consortium] Campus Observer. […]
6. Dispatch from vBusiness E&hellip | April 26th, 2008 at 12:20 pm

[…] University interviewed Larry Johnson (SL: Larry Pixel) , CEO of the New Media Consortium about his recent testimony to Congress about virtual worlds. Larry also discussed how NMC has engaged and supported the educational community in Second Life […]