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IP: RIAA comment on Felten lawsuit and the EFF comment on the RIAA comment
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 16:24:18 -0400
Statement by RIAA's Cary Sherman on Felten Lawsuit
Professor Felten's decision to sue the RIAA and the SDMI Foundation is inexplicable. We have unequivocally and repeatedly stated that we have no intention of bringing the professor, or the Electronic Frontier Foundation, would have preferred that we sue in order to keep their publicity machine running. Since we've said we have no issue with the publication of the Felten paper, they now resort to suing us to keep this issue alive. and EFF Reply to RIAA Statement Regarding Felten Case June 6, 2001 The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the plaintiffs have filed Felten v. RIAA because the RIAA threatened the scientific process. RIAA currently claims that they "have no intention of bringing a lawsuit against Professor Felten or his colleagues". However, RIAA attorneys spent nearly a month on the phone threatening litigation against everyone associated with publishing the research paper and demanding changes to the research paper. RIAA attorneys only started issuing press statements to the contrary after they succeeded in squelching the research paper (see the complaint. Verance has never indicated a willingness to allow publication of the research paper. EFF and the plaintiffs seek not only publication of this research paper without fear of prosecution, but a clear legal determination that no one needs the permission of the record companies before publishing and presenting scientific work. For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/
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