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Contemporary Topic:
Whose Property is Intellectual Property?
A Question of Dormitory Downloading.

Everyone's doing it, and almost no one gets caught. So why not download music and movies from the Internet? The scenario described here raises legal and ethical issues that students can explore within a legal framework. The examination of four witnesses in this scripted exchange stimulates critical thinking about a practice that has become an epidemic.

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