October 7, 2005

Lawmakers Will Seek a Federal Study of Campus Policies on File Swapping

By BROCK READ

Two influential members of Congress will ask the Government Accountability Office to study colleges' antipiracy practices and report on how successful they are, the representatives said last month at a hearing about students' file-sharing habits. The announcement was the strongest of several clear signals sent to colleges at the hearing.

The two lawmakers are Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the Republican chairman of the subcommittee that held the hearing, and Rep. Howard L. Berman, the

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