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Harvard Prof on RIAA Tactics: 'It?s a Shake-Down, Extortion, Blight, and an Insult'

By soulxtc

Charlie Nesson, William F Weld Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and whom has taken up the case of accused file-sharer Joel Tenenbaum, gives his thoughts on the case against him. Yesterday the Berkman Center for Internet and Society published an interview between David Weinberger, Charlie Nesson and Joel Tennenbaum about the upcoming lawsuit against the RIAA in which the statutory damages for file sharing are being challenged.  The case, which they are characterising as being a ?David v Goliath? battle, concerns Tennenbaum making available 7 songs in a shared folder when he was 17 years old.  Tennenbaum explains how he began by representing himself in the action: ?When they first send you a letter they give you a number to call and it?s like the ?Pay Us Hotline? and the people that pick up the phones aren?t lawyers they?re just operators..

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on December 03, 2008 (boomark / email).