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Vanderbilt students to offer music piracy solutionsClass looks for solutions beyond lawsuits
11/12/2008
11:54 am
First-year students in the “Stealing in Music City” seminar at Vanderbilt University must devise a workable system for distributing music that delivers content for a reasonable price and allows songwriters, artists and other stakeholders to get paid. “We are challenging the students to re-invent the music industry for a fair model of music distribution to compensate artists, consumers and labels,” said Holling Smith-Borne, director of the music library at Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music. The class, divided into three groups, will propose three solutions during class on Dec. 2. Smith-Borne and Sara Manus, education and outreach librarian, developed the course after the Recording Industry Association of America sued college students, some at Vanderbilt, for illegally downloading music. Manus and Smith-Borne felt there was a need to help educate students on these issues. “It’s amazing to me how many students don’t understand the legalities of sharing intellectual property and copyrighted material,” Manus said. “But none of the students have had an education in copyright law – they listen to their peers about what they can and cannot do.” In their attempt to educate the students on the finer aspects of copyright and intellectual property law, the instructors have drawn from the wealth of expertise available just blocks away on Nashville’s famed Music Row. Representing the various stakeholders in the issue have been such Music City, USA, guests as:
Media contact: Missy Pankake, (615) 322-NEWS missy.pankake@vanderbilt.edu |
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