P2P Filesharing Hearing and Related EDUCAUSE2006 Sessions

[Rodney Petersen <rpetersen () EDUCAUSE EDU>]

[Please excuse the cross-post for anyone on the ICPL list.]

[I especially want to draw to your attention the EDUCAUSE2006 session on
"Good Digital Citizenship" that will include a discussion of some of the
existing technology tools for addressing P2P filesharing.]

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> I have been receiving a lot of questions this week about the
> Congressional Hearing on Tuesday about "The Internet and the College
> Campus: How the Entertainment Industry and Higher Education are
> Working to Combat Illegal Piracy".   Below are some summaries and
> resources for anyone who wishes to explore further:
>
> Witness List and Testimony
> http://edworkforce.house.gov/hearings/109th/21st/piracy092606/wl092606
> .htm
>
> Press Release from the U.S. House Subcommittee on 21st Century
> Competitiveness 
> http://edworkforce.house.gov/press/press109/second/09sep/piracy092606.
> htm
>
> News Item from the American Council on Education Higher Education and
> National Affairs Newsletter
> http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=HENA&TEMPLATE=/CM/Conten
> tDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=18395
>
> There will be several sessions at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference
> (October 9-12) in Dallas on the related topic of P2P filesharing:
>
> Getting from Illegal P2P File Sharing to Good Digital Citizenship
> <http://www.educause.edu/knowledgepathfinder/9161?Product_Code=E06/SES
> S014&ID=Copyright%2C+Filesharing%2C+P2P+and+Piracy&Corp_Exhib=&Corp_Wk
> sp=&Corp_Pres=&Sort=PRODUCT%5FFUNCTION%2EBEGIN%5FDATE%5FTIME%2CPRODUCT
> %5FFUNCTION%2EEND%5FDATE%5FTIME%2CPRODUCT%5FFUNCTION%2ESEQ%2CTITLE&Ses
> sion_Numbers=2%2C3%2C4%2C+6%2C+7%2C8%2C9%2C10%2C11%2C12%2C+14%2C+15%2C
> 16%2C17%2C18%2C19%2C20&Itin=False> 
> 10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. Tuesday 
> (Note that this session will include Cheryl Elzy, dean of libraries at
> Illinois State University, who testified at the recent Congressional
> hearing.)
>
> IT Policy in Higher Education: Now a Presidential Concern
> <http://www.educause.edu/knowledgepathfinder/9161?Product_Code=E06/SES
> S145&ID=Copyright%2C+Filesharing%2C+P2P+and+Piracy&Corp_Exhib=&Corp_Wk
> sp=&Corp_Pres=&Sort=PRODUCT%5FFUNCTION%2EBEGIN%5FDATE%5FTIME%2CPRODUCT
> %5FFUNCTION%2EEND%5FDATE%5FTIME%2CPRODUCT%5FFUNCTION%2ESEQ%2CTITLE&Ses
> sion_Numbers=2%2C3%2C4%2C+6%2C+7%2C8%2C9%2C10%2C11%2C12%2C+14%2C+15%2C
> 16%2C17%2C18%2C19%2C20&Itin=False> 
> 11:40 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Tuesday 
> (Note that this session with the American Council on Education will
> also touch on CALEA and net neutrality.)
>
> Copyright Infringement from the Inside: Student Perspectives on Music
> Piracy
> <http://www.educause.edu/knowledgepathfinder/9161?Product_Code=E06/SES
> S063&ID=Copyright%2C+Filesharing%2C+P2P+and+Piracy&Corp_Exhib=&Corp_Wk
> sp=&Corp_Pres=&Sort=PRODUCT%5FFUNCTION%2EBEGIN%5FDATE%5FTIME%2CPRODUCT
> %5FFUNCTION%2EEND%5FDATE%5FTIME%2CPRODUCT%5FFUNCTION%2ESEQ%2CTITLE&Ses
> sion_Numbers=2%2C3%2C4%2C+6%2C+7%2C8%2C9%2C10%2C11%2C12%2C+14%2C+15%2C
> 16%2C17%2C18%2C19%2C20&Itin=False> 
> 8:10 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Wednesday 
> (From the abstract:  "Education efforts are seen as phony and
> unconvincing, lawsuits as unlikely, and even college-supplied access
> to legal music services may perpetuate a view of media as free,
> offering little educational value.) 
>
> LionShare: Secure P2P Collaboration for Academic Networks
> <http://www.educause.edu/knowledgepathfinder/9161?Product_Code=E06/SES
> S100&ID=Copyright%2C+Filesharing%2C+P2P+and+Piracy&Corp_Exhib=&Corp_Wk
> sp=&Corp_Pres=&Sort=PRODUCT%5FFUNCTION%2EBEGIN%5FDATE%5FTIME%2CPRODUCT
> %5FFUNCTION%2EEND%5FDATE%5FTIME%2CPRODUCT%5FFUNCTION%2ESEQ%2CTITLE&Ses
> sion_Numbers=2%2C3%2C4%2C+6%2C+7%2C8%2C9%2C10%2C11%2C12%2C+14%2C+15%2C
> 16%2C17%2C18%2C19%2C20&Itin=False> 
> 3:55 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Wednesday
> (Note:  LionShare was cited by Terry Fisher from Harvard during his
> witness testimony at the hearing as an example of a legitimate P2P
> application.  Chancellor Kirwan from the University System of Maryland
> said, "We need to be careful not to throw out the baby with the
> bathwater.")
>
> I also suspect that P2P filesharing and other copyright issues will be
> a topic of discussion during the Policy and Law Constitutent Group
> Meeting on Wednesday, October 11th, 2:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. (see
> http://www.educause.edu/E06/Program/9155?PRODUCT_CODE=E06/CG32).
>
> Please let me know if you have any further questions.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Rodney
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> Rodney J. Petersen
> Policy Analyst & Security Task Force Coordinator
>
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