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Peer-to-Peer File Sharing

Provost Emeritus Charles Phelps chairs a Task Force on Technology for the national Joint Committee on Peer-to-Peer File Sharing, made up of educational leaders and representatives of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). For more information on this topic, visit the links below.

  • On Monday, February 16th, 2004, University President Thomas H. Jackson moderated a panel discussion entitled “What Part of 'Jailhouse Rock' Don't You Understand? Defining Rights in the Digital Age.” (With apologies and thanks to Cornell University for sharing this title.) Panel participants included:
    • Cary Sherman, president of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
    • Charles E. Phelps, provost of the University and chair of the Technology Task Force of the national Joint Committee on Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
    • Marjorie Hodges Shaw, special advisor to the Chief Information Officer at the University, and co-founder and former director of the Cornell Computer Policy and Law Program
    • David Marvin ’04, director of the Yellowjackets, a student group that performs and records its own arrangements; and
    • Peter Ordal ’04, technical counsel to Student Government.

    An archived Webcast of this event is available.
  • UR's Napster homepage.
  • Read Provost Emeritus Phelps' editorial on peer-to-peer file-sharing, reprinted from the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, February 16, 2004.
  • On Thursday, November 6th, Provost Emeritus Phelps was one of four panelists participating in a discussion on Peer-to-Peer File Sharing at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA. Approximately 6,500 attendees were expected at the conference. Other panelists included:
    • Cary Sherman, President of the Recording Industry Association of America
    • Graham Spanier, President of Pennsylvania State University
    • Jack Valenti, President and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America.

    Streaming video of the Provost's panel discussion at Educause is available (requires Real Player).


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  • Joint Committee on Peer-to-Peer File Sharing

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