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File-Sharing Symposium at the University of Texas

Posted by timothy on from the big-'un dept.

Gary Chapman at the University of Texas writes "Congressman Lamar Smith of the 21st Congressional District in Texas, which takes in San Antonio and part of Austin, has assembled a remarkable panel of influential speakers to address the issue of file-sharing on college and university campuses. The event will be Friday, October 11, from 9 a.m until 10:30 at the Bass Lecture Hall in the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin." Read on below for more details, especially if you're one of the thousands of UT students in the dorms.

"The panelists will be:

  • Steve Griffin, Chairman and CEO of StreamCast Networks
  • Robert Holleyman, President and CEO of the Business Software Alliance
  • Douglas Lowenstein, President of the Interactive Digital Software Association
  • Michael Merhej, President of Audiogalaxy.com
  • Cary Sherman, President of the Recording Industry Association of America
  • Gigi Sohn, President of Public Knowledge
  • Daniel A. Updergrove, Vice President for Information Technology, University of Texas
  • Jonathan Zuck, President of the Association for Competitive Technology
I will be the moderator for this event. For more information or to RSVP, send mail to jessica.marfurt@mail.house.gov.

Here is a map to the LBJ School at the University of Texas in Austin. The Bass Lecture Hall is in the basement of the building."

15 comments

  1. In all honesty, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I just changed dorms just so I could get a larger pipe. Sad but true.

    1. Re:In all honesty, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Pervert.

    2. Re:In all honesty, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You didn't have to change dorms. Even the all-girl dorms usually have all the pipe they require.

    3. Re:In all honesty, by webloser · · Score: 1

      he probably meant he changed to a private dorm since all the dorms at UT have capped bandwith; 3GB a week.

  2. Whee, another attempt of getting them while they a by Vinum · · Score: 1

    Microsoft does this, giving free software to college kids since they go in the industry. Now the **AAs are going to teach kids in college that copyright is good. Whee.

  3. is this real? by neclimdul · · Score: 1

    I've searched through the UT site and googled and found no information on this!? Were's this coming from?

    1. Re:is this real? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I bet it's just a dragnet to ferret out all us file sharers at UT... Kinda like that Simpsons where they offered all the criminals a free boat. -c3

    2. Re:is this real? by Dahan · · Score: 2
      Looks like it's for real... Check the LBJ School's calendar of events...

      11 Friday
      9:00 - 10:30 "Music for Nothing and Your Files for Free? A Discussion about Internet file sharing on university campuses," G. Chapman (Bass Lecture Hall)

  4. Re:Whee, another attempt of getting them while the by PD · · Score: 3, Informative

    But copyright IS good. Copyright is the foundation upon which free software rests.

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  5. I'll be there. by OpenGLFan · · Score: 1

    I don't have any classes Friday morning, so I'll be there. Any other Horns planning to show up?

    1. Re:I'll be there. by tongue · · Score: 2

      I'm gonna try to be, if my work schedule permits... boy would i love to get in on a Q&A session with some of those fsckers...

  6. Re:Whee, another attempt of getting them while the by Louis_Wu · · Score: 2
    But copyright IS good. Copyright is the foundation upon which free software rests.
    Strange, the parent of this post is moderated as Informative. Given the patterns of moderation I've seen, I would have expected the moderation to be Funny or Troll. I think it's funny, and I can see how the humor-impaired would find it Troll-ish.

    Who needs mysteries on TV? I've got Slashdot moderation.

  7. Re:Whee, another attempt of getting them while the by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The humor impaired wouldn't find it trollish, unless they were morons. It's the truth.

  8. audiogalaxy article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    a few months ago, one of the ex-programmers at audiogalaxy wrote about his experiences there while he was a student at UT:

    http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/6/21/171321/675

    http://slashdot.org/articles/02/07/08/1653202.shtm l?tid=141

  9. Is this going to be webcast? by TerryAtWork · · Score: 0

    Because I'd love to see it, up here in Canada between dodging polar bears and all....

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