Podcast: Don't Download This Panel - A Discussion of Peer-to-Peer Filesharing

This podcast features a panel discussion of peer-to-peer filesharing. It was recorded at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Western Regional Conference, and is entitled, "Don't Download This Panel".

The attention of—and on—higher education has been focused on defensive measures to curb illegal file sharing. But this is occurring in the context of a much larger national debate about the appropriate role of copyright and intellectual property in cyberspace. Simultaneously, myriad new business models and delivery options for online digital entertainment are being tested. Ê What are institutions of higher education doing to curb illegal file sharing? What are the issues in the larger copyright debate? And what is the vision of the entertainment industry for offering digital entertainment online? A panel of distinguished experts in the field discusses these and other pertinent issues in the peer-to-peer file sharing debate.

The panel includes:

• Greg DePriest, Vice President, Technology Policy, NBC Universal
• Kenneth C. Green, Founding Director, The Campus Computing Project
• Fred von Lohmann, Senior Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Session moderator: Kent Wada, Director, IT Strategic Policy, UCLA