Dan Glickman, Chairman and CEO, Motion Picture Association of America
“High speed networks and an entertainment-hungry population are unfortunately making college campuses a hotbed of piracy. The future success of today’s college students depends on a culture and an economy where creative ideas are valued. Today’s Senate vote should serve as a call to action for educators – intellectual property is important and they must take an active role in reinforcing that message.

Cary Sherman, President of RIAA, on campus file-sharing
“We are appreciative of our partners in the university community and all they have done in recent years to tackle the problem of digital piracy at campuses across the country. Despite the progress achieved by our collaborative efforts, this remains an ever-evolving problem. We cannot ignore the growing misuse of campus LAN systems or the toll this means of theft is taking on our industry. As we prioritize our focus on campus LAN piracy in the coming year, we hope administrators will take this opportunity to fully evaluate their systems and take action to stop theft by all means."

Graham Spanier, Pennsylvania State University President
"We're not sure a one-solution-fits-all outcome is workable. Penn State would be willing to go even further if we knew it worked and could be done well and could be scaled up."

Graham Spanier, President, Pennsylvania State University
"The record companies would like to help universities engage in their legitimate business, if we could help them stop these practices that are decimating their industry."

Justin J. Leto, Senior, Computer Engineering, Penn State
"File-sharing technology finally allowed the consumer to take the power back. As long as the record industry tries to control the market, the black market is going to dominate the discussion."

Rep. John Conyers, D-Michigan, the senior Democrat on the full Judiciary Committee
Warned that universities should take aggressive measures to police their own networks lest Congress do it for them in a much more invasive way. "There are people (on this committee) willing to take action, and it'll probably go over the line in terms of privacy concerns," he said."

CNET News
"University students have been widely viewed as the core of the various file-swapping networks. Universities have seen half or more of their network bandwidth used by people uploading and downloading songs, software and movies over the past few years".