According to a post on p2pnet.net a small university legal clinic in Maine are taking up the fight in lawsuits being brought against fellow students. Under guidance from the clinic director and University of Maine associate professor Deirdre Smith law students Hannah Ames and Lisa Chmelecki are representing the students being sued.
If successful this move by the legal clinic could pave the way for other university law students to fight back against these actions by the RIAA providing both protection for their students, a low cost method for the universities to get out from under the RIAA threats and provide the students with some real world heavy weight legal experience.
Via winextra. It is obvious the RIAA has no qualms about stepping on students without means to fight back. Nice to hear about someone helping out the other side. The RIAA has the right to fight for their copyright, but using scare tactics and deeper pockets to try and prevent piracy just doesn't work and destroys some people's lives in the process. I'm sure the lawyers get paid, though...
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