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Harvard Law's Nesson Says P2P Is "Fair Use"

Posted by timothy on from the hopefully-mix-tapes-are-a-corollary dept.

eldavojohn writes "Ars has been covering the story of Charlie Nesson (alias 'Billion Dollar Charlie') of Harvard Law who's tangoing with the RIAA in court. His approach has been revealed in e-mails on his blog and has confused everyone from Lawrence Lessig to the EFF. His argument is simple: file-sharing is legal as it is protected by fair use. I dare say that even the most avid file-sharers among us would be a bit skeptical of this line of reasoning."

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  1. Re:Finding Easter Eggs in the Legal Code by JesseMcDonald · · Score: 0, Troll

    Exactly. There are no damages in either case, and copyright is wrong whether it's preventing commercial or non-commercial use.

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    "The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else." - Bastiat
  2. Re:Finding Easter Eggs in the Legal Code by Ifandbut · · Score: 0, Troll

    But you did not steal the car. You used a replicator to make an identical copy of the car. You did not deprive the original owner of anything.