December 31st, 2007

In the Fight Over Piracy, a Rare Stand for Privacy

Adam Liptak, New York Times

The record industry got a surprise when it subpoenaed the University of Oregon in September, asking it to identify 17 students who had made available songs from Journey, the Cars, Dire Straits, Sting and Madonna on a file-sharing network...

"People get pushed into settlements," said Fred von Lohmann, a lawyer with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a civil liberties group. "The Oregon attorney general is showing what a real fight among equals would look like."

Related Issues: Anonymity, DMCA, File Sharing, Intellectual Property

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