OC Lawyers Fed-Soc Event: Regulation of Blogging?!

The Orange County lawyer's chapter of the Federalist Society is hosting Federal Election Commissioner David Mason for an event titled, "Should Bloggers Be Regulated By The Federal Government?" This would be a great opportunity to network with local attorneys (I can't tell you how important the phrase, "It's not what you know, but who you know" is in the legal world) as well as get informed about a cutting edge area of the law.

WHAT: Should Bloggers Be Regulated By The Federal Government?
WHERE: Gulliver's Restaurant (18482 Macarthur Blvd, Irvine. Map of location)
WHEN: September 14, 5-6pm
COST: $5 in advance, $10 at the door.
RSVP: Mail a check payable to "The Federalist Society" to Estelle Pete by September 9th. Her address is: Jones Day, 3 Park Plaza, Suite 1100, Irvine CA, 92614 . Be sure to include your name, home address, telephone number and email address. You can email Estelle Pete at epete@jonesday.com if you have any questions regarding RSVPing.

Here is a bit more info about the event:

Should Bloggers Be Regulated? Political activity on the Internet has been a remarkable success. Activists of all stripes see the Internet as a revolutionary citizen tool, but others see Internet activism as a threat. Commissioner David Mason will tell the unusual story of a regulatory agency -- the Federal Election Commission -- that decided NOT to regulate, and describe the challenge he and his agency face now that a Federal Court has ordered it to write rules regulating political activity on the Internet. Should the Internet continue to be exempt from the rules governing political activity? Can the government effectively regulate Internet politicking, even if it tries?