MISSION STATEMENT

In 2004, the University of Richmond's Intellectual Property Institute founded the National CyberEducation Project (the "NCEP"), a nationwide effort to engage students, faculty, and administrators on college campuses in discussion of contemporary intellectual property issues. Because debates over such issues often appear to reflect a new generation gap, the Project focused on educational efforts that worked to bridge that gap, with an emphasis on in-depth, student-oriented, campus-centric programs and materials.

In 2007, the IPI Institute transferred administration of the NCEP to The Media Institute, a Washington-based nonprofit foundation that promotes freedom of expression. Further information can be found on The Media Institute's web site. NCEP materials from 2007 and earlier are available below.

 

NCEP MATERIALS

What Do You Think? Documentary

A short documentary about file-sharing and intellectual property, featuring "on the street" interviews with college students and responses from experts on both sides of the debate.

Survey on College Student File-SharinG

A survey of college student file-sharing habits from the spring of 2006, showing that more than one-third of college students are illegally downloading music from free peer-to-peer file-sharing networks.