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...copied and posted on the Internet in a public space. Other users then linked to these documents from their web sites. Most people involved said they were doing so to foster debate about a pressing civic issue. One of the people who posted the Diebold documents was Derek A. Slater ’05, a student at Harvard College...
...Slater posted these documents to the Internet because he believed it was important to make them available in this political debate. Diebold demanded that Harvard take down or block access to these documents and the University, seeking, quite reasonably, to shield itself from copyright liability, complied. The computer services team wrote to Slater and explained that they’d blocked access to the materials. Ordinarily, that would be the end of it. If a student is twice accused of such a violation, Harvard has said it will cut off network access—a punishment tantamount to expulsion...
...It’s important that we have a public debate about these issues,” Slater said. “We need to make sure that every vote counts...
...Slater said he will return the documents to his Harvard site (blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings) if Diebold does not file suit against him within ten days of his counter-notice filing. After that time, the University cannot be held legally liable for the documents on Slater’s website, though Slater himself could potentially face litigation...
...Palfrey, who has been assisting Slater in his dealings with the University, said Diebold has erroneously claimed copyright protection for its documents...