December 02, 2003
Hooray for the ACLU
Posted by nerdling | December 2, 2003 10:01 AM
Not that I always agree with the measures taken by the ACLU, but thankfully someone is standing up to the bullying that is going on by the RIAA. The ACLU is defending a UNC student who the RIAA is trying to wrangle for sharing nine (yes, nine) songs. From Yahoo! News:
The ACLU's interest stems from what it perceives as a violation of the unnamed student's Constitutional rights to privacy and anonymous use of the Internet. By requesting the student's name and contact information before proving any legal wrongdoing, the RIAA is violating the student's rights, Fine said.
"We don't support copyright infringement in any manner," he said. "Our motion is about due process rights. The Constitution and the First Amendment protects the right to engage in anonymous speech and that includes anonymous speech on the Internet."
