Goucher College Examines File Sharing With "Whose Music Is This, Anyway?"

BALTIMORE - November 20, 2003 - With the controversy surrounding peer-to-peer networks like Napster and Kazaa, and the Recording Industry Association of America's ongoing crackdown on individuals who illegally download and distribute copyrighted works, music piracy has quickly become one of the 21st century.s most hotly debated legal topics.

Goucher College will provide an arena for this hot-button issue with a moderated discussion titled "Whose Music Is This, Anyway?" The event will be held at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, December 3, in Goucher College.s Merrick Lecture Hall, located at 1021 Dulaney Valley Road, Baltimore MD, 21204.

Moderated by Sanford J. Ungar, president of Goucher College, "Whose Music Is This, Anyway?" will bring together two prominent experts who take opposing stances on the music piracy issue:

Mitch Glazier, the senior vice president for government affairs at the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Lawrence E. Feldman, a lawyer and musician who has taken a key role in the boycottRIAA.com movement and runs DMusic Network, L.L.C., an independent digital music community.

Glazier and Feldman will discuss various aspects of the music copyright issue, including illegal music reproduction, artists. rights, and the ethics of peer-to-peer file sharing. Following an open question-and-answer session, several independent artists who distribute their music through dmusic.com will perform.

"Whose Music Is This, Anyway?" is free and open to the public.

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Goucher College is an independent, coeducational liberal arts college located on 287 wooded acres just north of Baltimore. Enrolling more than 1,700 undergraduate and graduate students, Goucher offers a wide variety of majors and encourages students to create individualized, interdisciplinary programs of study. Undergraduates are required to participate in at least one international study program, internship, or community service project, testing and enhancing their classroom learning through real, firsthand experience in the field. Close interaction with faculty is another cornerstone of a Goucher education, as is Goucher's strong belief in the importance of staying connected to the world outside campus through community action, intercultural awareness, and international exploration.