Elizabeth Stark, a student at Harvard Law School, is taking aim at an article in this week’s New York Times about Students for Free Culture, a national group that promotes easing copyright restrictions. The group has dozens of chapters at colleges campuses, including one founded by Ms. Stark at Harvard.
She believes the article falsely portrays the group as advocating that students swap music online in violation of copyright law. And she describes her concerns in a letter published today in The New York Times.
“We stand for a culture where everyone has the right to participate and where works are made available for all to legitimately access, share and remix,” the letter reads. “This is a culture that is ‘free as in speech’ — not necessarily one that is free of charge.”
The article has prompted members of the group to consider recasting their message to avoid using the word “free.” —-Andrea L. Foster.
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