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Two Maine Law students take on RIAA big guns
Two third-year law students working at the school’s Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic are taking on the RIAA on behalf of two university students.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | January 09, 2008

UMaine refuses to out downloading students

Privacy
While the battle over file-sharing continues unabated on college campuses across the country, University of Maine officials have offered a new stance.
By EMILY PARKHURST | April 26, 2007

UMaine refuses to out downloading students

Privacy
University of Maine officials are opposing recording-industry efforts against alleged illegal downloading of music.
By EMILY PARKHURST | April 18, 2007

What will a Democratic Congress mean for digital freedom?

Electronic blue
The Democrats’ sudden ascension to power in both houses of Congress for the first time since 1994 is undeniably good news for a host of progressive causes.
By MIKE MILIARD | November 14, 2006

Is the RIAA inoculating itself against viral video?

YouTube under fire
You’ve seen them: the hundreds upon hundreds of homemade clips on YouTube and Google Video where bored teenagers set up a webcam and lip-sync cheekily to their favorite songs.
By MIKE MILIARD | June 21, 2006

Get it while you can

Will sites like YouTube and The Hype Machine go the route of Napster?
A couple of months ago, a man with the screen name x-amount logged on to Recidivism.org , the blog he maintains with a few of his friends, and made a pronouncement.
By MIKE MILIARD | June 12, 2006