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“What Part of Jailhouse Rock Don’t You Understand?
Defining Rights in the Digital Age”

Confronting the new digital age, the recording industry is trying to clamp down on illegal file-sharing of music and videos. At the same time, colleges and universities—whose students are thought to be among the greatest offenders—are resisting the idea that they should “police” their campus communities.

On Monday, Feb. 16, 2004, nationally prominent participants in the resolution of those conflicting viewpoints, and those representing the students’ varying perspectives, were featured in a panel discussion titled “What Part of Jailhouse Rock Don’t You Understand? Defining Rights in the Digital Age.” An archived Webcast of that discussion is available below.