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    Image of blue_sheep blue_sheep
    11/04/08

    In reply to Insane Harvard Law Professor Promises MP3 Justice
    I've heard that they've brought 30,000 suits so far, with the majority of them settled as the defendants don't have the money to hire a lawyer. Apparently the RIAA's lawsuits are increasing exponentially as the lawyers filing them are getting paid and hiring more lawyers to file them.


    Nesson appears to have a very interesting theory about how the RIAA is going after students at universities in order to cause enough of a headache that the universities will start content filtering because it's cheaper than legal fees... which will then allow them to make a broader case for content filtering on all networks. Scary stuff indeed.

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    11/03/08

    In reply to Insane Harvard Law Professor Promises MP3 Justice
    Love how Pentagon Papers get the shoutout after the Village Voice and Second Life.
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    Image of howYOUdoin howYOUdoin
    11/02/08

    In reply to Insane Harvard Law Professor Promises MP3 Justice
    Yeah, but how many fucking formats do I have to buy 'Tighten Up' by Archie Bell and The Drells in (from Houston, Texas)?


    Yeah, my eight track died.

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    Image of BookishLatkeish BookishLatkeish
    11/02/08

    @howYOUdoin: The only acceptable format for this record is the original 45, and you already know that, Mr. Deejay.
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    Image of ellagood ellagood
    11/02/08

    In reply to Insane Harvard Law Professor Promises MP3 Justice
    jesus, do you know how many songs i illegally downloaded when i was an undergrad at BU???
    seriously, about 2000.
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    Image of BxgrlJeri BxgrlJeri
    11/02/08

    In reply to Insane Harvard Law Professor Promises MP3 Justice
    I hope he wins.
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    Image of TimGunn TimGunn
    11/02/08

    In reply to Insane Harvard Law Professor Promises MP3 Justice
    I had Chuckles Nesson for Evidence. He's pretty special. He loves poker, the Internet and Jamaica.
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    Image of GregorMendel GregorMendel
    11/02/08

    In reply to Insane Harvard Law Professor Promises MP3 Justice
    What's up with calling this guy insane, Alex? He has hit the nail on the head with his description of the purpose of these RIAA lawsuits. I'm guessing you aren't a fan of Cory Doctorow, either.
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    Image of CarnegieHill CarnegieHill
    11/02/08

    In reply to Insane Harvard Law Professor Promises MP3 Justice
    Name another law school professor who teaches his students how to think strategically by playing poker with them.


    In any fight, legal or alley, Charles is the guy you want at your back.

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    Image of LoganMunippus LoganMunippus
    11/02/08

    In reply to Insane Harvard Law Professor Promises MP3 Justice
    When I was at Harvard Law, Nesson was also famous for two other things: (1) smoking weed and (2) calling for an informal "trial" of the 16-year-old law student who referred to the black plaintiffs in Shelley v. Kramer as "nigs" in a course outline that he published online. Nesson planned to serve as defense counsel for the student in his proposed trial. Instead, there were public protests about the issue, including a speech by Cornel West about rising above hate, and the students in Nesson's section had an awkward and tense rest of the year...
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    Image of gooshwa gooshwa
    11/02/08

    In reply to Insane Harvard Law Professor Promises MP3 Justice
    that nick sylvester dude totes is a dead ringer for that SNL weekend update political satirist guy...who's name escapes me
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    Image of Triborough Triborough
    11/02/08

    In reply to Insane Harvard Law Professor Promises MP3 Justice
    Hopefully he'll seek some insane amount in damages like $1 billion, which a jury would probably award causing the RIAA to go bankrupt.
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    Image of uncle_wiggly uncle_wiggly
    11/02/08

    In reply to Insane Harvard Law Professor Promises MP3 Justice
    These mp3 prosecutions are random and arbitrary. It's awful how a random person is picked out as an example for people that are a bit more clever about covering-up their downloading techniques. I don't know who this guy is, but I wish him luck with his lawsuit.
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    11/02/08

    In reply to Insane Harvard Law Professor Promises MP3 Justice
    I remember Nesson from those Ethics in America panel discussions on PBS about 20 years ago. I remember liking him as a moderator, taking people like Anton Scalia, Fay Wasserman, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Dan Rather, C. Everett Coop, Peter Jennings and Liz Smith through role-play scenarios to explore ethical issues.


    I hope he can put some kind of smackdown on the RIAA. Somebody has to stop this idea of private organizations (basically glorified lobbyists) having prosecutorial power in this country.

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    Image of surlybastard surlybastard
    11/02/08

    In reply to Insane Harvard Law Professor Promises MP3 Justice
    It was sort of funny to see him rip that pipsqueak Nick Sylvester, but frankly, who cares? Is Gawker suddenly on the side of the RIAA and a defender of digital media rights?
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    11/02/08

    In reply to Insane Harvard Law Professor Promises MP3 Justice
    Does that YouTube lecture make anyone else think of Capt. James T. Kirk? (With...all the dramatic...pauses it uses.)
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