Influential Senator Plans to Propose Controversial File-Sharing Amendment to Higher Education Act

by E Wayne Ross on July 23, 2007

Inside Higher Ed: Showdown over file sharing

College officials have been aware and wary of growing Congressional interest in student file sharing of music and videos — a practice many students consider normal and that the entertainment industry views as tantamount to theft. Colleges, generally feeling caught in the middle, have worried that Congress might try to impose an unworkable solution.

The Chronicle: Influential Senator Plans to Propose Controversial File-Sharing Amendment to Higher Education Act

A key U.S. senator plans to introduce a controversial amendment to the Higher Education Act today intended to put an end to illegal file sharing on college campuses.