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
This is but one of the many areas that need to be addressed, hopefully this will open the doors and shed light on some of the practices of the major holders and release payments to the minor holders.