Content summary: FIR Dine-Around at the IABC Vancouver conference; WIPO update; USC/Annenberg GAP IV study; collaborative communication tools: Skypecasting and Waxxi, Second Life and MySpace.com; Lee Hopkins reports; Maine blogger ad agency lawsuit dropped; David Philips reports; listeners’ comments discussion; upcoming FIR interviews; the music, and more.

Show notes for May 8, 2006

Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, an 92-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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• Detailed show notes to come.

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So, until Thursday, May 11…