FC: R. Polk Wagner on Princeton student worrying about DMCA

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

R. Polk Wagner teaches intellectual property law at the University of 
Pennsylvania.

Previous Politech message:
"Princeton student is latest to say he could be sued under DMCA"
http://www.politechbot.com/p-04198.html

-Declan

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Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 09:55:51 -0500
Subject: Re: FC: Princeton student is latest to say he could be sued under DMCA
From: "R. Polk Wagner" <polk () law upenn edu>
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Yes, the thought that this guy would be sued is ridiculous.

The interesting point is that the fact that these sort of "the DMCA is
killing me" claims get continuing media play is powerful evidence that the
RIAA is still paying for the utter fiasco of the original threat against
Felten.  This points out yet another example of a real constraint on the
content companies: overreaching is likely to have long-term negative effects
in the all-important sphere of public/political opinion.

Polk





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