Penn Law School Hosts Symposium About Music File Sharing

WHO:Gideon Parchomovsky, University of Pennsylvania Law School

Polk Wagner, University of Pennsylvania Law School

Joel Waldfogel, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Felix Olberholtzer, Harvard Business School

Alejandro Zentner, University of Chicago

WHAT:Symposium:  "Does File Sharing Hurt Record Sales? An Economic Inquiry"

WHEN:Friday, Oct. 8, 2004

2-5 p.m.

WHERE:University of Pennsylvania Law School

Silverman Hall, Room 240A

34th and Chestnut streets

The use of Internet-based peer-to-peer (P2P) systems, which allows users to share digital files such as music has resulted in major changes in the music industry.  Experts in intellectual property and business will discuss the rising use of file sharing and what it means for the music industry.