The US legal establishment begins standing up to the RIAA
Monday, July 27th, 2009Charles Nesson, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School:
“the idea of imposing law on the global ocean of free bits that has flooded into cyberspace is a gross and harmful over-extension of the power of the state and authority of the law.”
Source: Judge rejects fair use as Tanenbaum P2P trial begins
Nancy Gertner, judge for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts:
[Judge Gertner] then concluded by telling the RIAA lawyers that they were “basically bankrupting people, and it’s terribly critical that you stop it.”
Source: How Harvard Law threw down the gauntlet to the RIAA
UPDATE: So much for the encouraging sentiments. The trial didn’t go well. The Register was less than impressed with Charles Nesson’s tactics.