Student Legal Services at NC State and RIAA File-Swapping
posted by Alfred Yen
According to an editorial at TechnicianOnline, the website for the NC State student paper, Student Legal Service at NC State is representing students in actions by the RIAA over file swapping. It is the first I’ve heard of a university providing free legal services to students against the recording industry in these suits, although I can’t claim to have followed these cases systematically. In the end, this representation will probably not change the outcome of these cases dramatically, but it may discourage plaintiffs from overreaching against legally unsophisticated defendants.
April 15, 2007 at 4:57 pm
Posted in: Intellectual Property, Technology
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Ben Depoorter - April 21, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Also, it seems that it might impact the norm debate over file sharing. The normative message of RIAA lawsuits is further undermined if universities side with students in such manner.
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