MEDIA ALERT -- Informational hearing on Illegal File Sharing on College and University Campuses

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Eduardo Martinez

March 3, 2008 (916) 319-2044

 

***MEDIA ALERT***

 

 

WHO: Members of the Assembly Higher Education Committee, representatives of the recording industry and the University of California and California State University systems

 

WHAT: Informational hearing on Illegal File Sharing on College and University Campuses

 

WHEN: 12:30 p.m., Room 437, State Capitol

 

WHY: As the center of the entertainment industry, California is home to many industries currently at risk of significant losses from online piracy. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, in 2006 U.S. college students downloaded 1.3 billion tracks illegally and only 500 million legally. The non-profit research group Institute for Policy Innovation estimates that the global theft of sound recordings cost the U.S. economy $12.5 billion in lost revenue and more than 70,000 jobs for U.S. workers.

 

The committee will hear from representatives of the recording industry, as well as representatives of UC and CSU to assess what is being done to combat this problem.

 

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