June 27, 2003

Congressman Takes Colleges to Task for Students' File Sharing

A Republican congressman who heads a key committee with jurisdiction over the Internet and intellectual property has complained about college administrators' "indifference" to illegal file sharing.

Rep. Lamar S. Smith of Texas, who is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on courts, the Internet, and intellectual property, used the occasion of a forum on copyright to urge college administrators to be tougher with students who trade music online in violation of

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