Harvard prof tells judge that P2P filesharing is "fair use"
Should Nesson win, he will essentially legalize the sharing of all digital goods, copyrighted or not, by noncommercial users. Given that he wants to make the case about big principles like fair use and the applicability of statutory damages—and not about whether Joel Tenenbaum did what he is accused of doing—the music industry is likely to fight even harder to ensure that Nesson's preferred outcome is not realized. Full Story »
Posted by Joey Baker
I hope this works out for Nesson, but I'm not hopeful.