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...Harvard Law School professor filed a counterclaim last Friday against the Recording Industry Association of America that challenges the constitutionality of the RIAA??€™s efforts against those caught downloading music from file-sharing services...
...boardroom where Steven gets his morning muffin. Still graver is the case of Ms. Thomas, a young, single mother who was unable to afford, on a stipend from her tribe, the costly legal counsel of technology experts who might have buttressed her assertion that she was innocent of the RIAA??€™s accusations. Of course the association’s lawyers have every right to prosecute on copyright law, but their insistence on heavy-handed punishment of Ms. Thomas verges on the absurd; it seems entirely disproportionate to the purported crime. But even as the darkness of court cases...
...part of the RIAA??€™s most recent offensive, the organization has sent over 2,000 letters to universities across the country in the last five months, and RIAA President Cary H. Sherman published an opinion piece in The Crimson in April stating that for universities to ignore students who download illegally is for them to condone theft...
...University’s educational mission is broader than the RIAA??€™s demands. We don’t have all the answers either, but rather than capitulating to special interests, we should continue to search for fair solutions that represent the University’s mission, its students, and the law in a way that educates students to be leaders of the digital 21st century...
...College students used to be the RIAA??€™s best customers. They’re now among our worst. But it’s not just the loss of current sales that concerns us: The habits students form in college will most likely stay with them for a lifetime. Hence our focus on universities...