The Supremes Dance Their Way to a Narrow Decision

"What happened?" IT Trends columnist Terry Calhoun, asks after this week's Supreme Court ruling on file sharing. Then he reflects that maybe it's not bad news for campus IT. "Many of us are relieved that the decision was narrow enough to not affect the technology ... " Read more.

From our online archives: See what Penn State President Graham Spanier said in our C2 eLetter about campus "Piracy"; reaction from Diane Barbour, CIO, Rochester Institute of Technology (NY) "Unintended Consequences of Technology.

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About the author: Terry Calhoun is Director of Communications and Publications for the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP). You can contact him through CT's IT Trends forum by clicking here. View more articles by Terry Calhoun.

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