Why the RIAA may be afraid of targeting Harvard students

by nk | November 27, 2007 at 10:13 pm
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Earlier this month, the RIAA announced that it had sent off yet another wave of prelitigation settlement letters to college campuses across the US. This time, the recording industry targeted 16 schools, including almost the entire membership of the Ivy League. There was one notable Ivy school missing from the roster, one that has failed to appear in any of the RIAA's press releases: Harvard.
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Should the RIAA decide to send prelitigation settlement letters to
Harvard, chances are good that 1) the letters will not be passed on,
and 2) some of the best and brightest at Harvard Law School will get
involved in a big way. That doesn't look too appealing, especially when
the campaign isn't going as smoothly as the RIAA would like.
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Jordan Yerman

The RIAA tends to go for easy targets, with a barrage of takedown letters that border on spam. They hope for quick, easy (for them) settlements, and are most definitely *not* looking for a real fight!

Rob Walker
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at 05:25 on November 28th, 2007

And let's keep in mind, not a single lawsuit in Canada since the CIAA lost their appeal to the copyright board of Canada.

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Rob Walker

We actually have copyright rules in place, everyone owns their own content, which includes photos, etc.

That's why if the associated press or anyone contacts us to buy a photo or story, we hook them up with the rights holder. 

Do you think the rules should be a little more obviously placed? 

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