Good Review Of The Appeals Process

Derek Slater prevails over a one note policy; one note because it appears to have been written only with infringement in mind, where the infringment was about users taking copyrighted materials via P2P file sharing, and the materials were for entertainment, and not civic in meaning. While the policy does mention fair use, it does not mention any kind of circumstance like the Diebold memos. After posting the Diebold memos and receiving a C&D notice, Derek challenged the policy that his activitism would count as one strike.

Today, Harvard's general counsel officially ruled that the University would not count my posting as an infringement. My record and Internet access are safe.

Derek suggests that the appeals process be reviewed and changed, to teach students about what this all means, and he intends to keep pushing for that. I must say I'm constantly amazed by Derek. He is inspiring.

ps, We may have to add cat_Slater, we've been mentioning him so much lately.

Posted by Mary Hodder at November 20, 2003 03:26 PM