Contributed by Organizations or Campuses; Articles, Papers, and Reports; Piracy; and Higher Education Act

"The latest salvo in the entertainment industry’s campaign against illegal downloading of movies and music — aided and abetted by Congress — is wrong, and students should help fight it, Kenneth C. Green argues."

"In July college officials banded together to fight a controversial measure in Congress that would have required some institutions to buy technological tools to curtail illegal file sharing (The Chronicle, August 3). The proposal's staunchest supporters were the members of the Motion Picture Association of America. Mr. Glickman spoke with The Chronicle about the trade group's antipiracy strategy."

"Campus file sharing briefly hit prominence in Congress last week as colleges lobbied against a proposed amendment in the Senate to the Higher Education Act reauthorization that would have required universities to use “technology-based” systems to try to block illegal downloading activity. While the amendment was withdrawn, it may be revived in the House — and certainly the entertainment industry has no intention of letting the issue go away. "