How Harvard Law Threw Down The Gauntlet To The RIAA

[via arstechnica]

Law professor Charles Nesson and John Palfrey, director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society (which Nesson co-founded), made their position clear. “Recently, the president of the Recording Industry Association of America, Cary Sherman, wrote to Harvard to challenge the university administration to stop acting as a ‘passive conduit’ for students downloading music,” they wrote in 2007. “We agree. Harvard and the 22 universities to which the RIAA has sent ‘pre-litigation notices’ ought to take strong, direct action… and tell the RIAA to take a hike.”

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One Response to “How Harvard Law Threw Down The Gauntlet To The RIAA”

  1. JKim says:
    February 4, 2009 at 9:10 pm

    "The RIAA’s charter is to promote the financial interests of its corporate members—even if that means preserving an obsolete business model for its members."
    I love the dig at the industry’s infrastructure.

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