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Why Is Harvard Escaping the RIAA’s Wrath?

Industry group may be wary of angry law professors

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 27, 2007 12:00 PM CST

(Newser) – The RIAA has sent out 4,157 prelitigation settlement letters to a total of 160 schools this year, but Harvard’s mailboxes have remained noticeably empty. And it’s not for a lack of potentially illegal music downloading. More likely, Ars Technica speculates, the recording... Read full story »

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