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Discuss “Live and let download”

The following is an imagined dialogue between Cary H. Sherman, president of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and Jared L. Cohon, who represents Carnegie Mellon at large and the administrations of universities across the country.

AT RISE: Cary H. Sherman sits at the head of a long table in an underground lair. Tied to a chair next to him is a tuxedoed Jared Cohon.

SHERMAN: Do you know why I’ve brought you here?

COHON: Yes — you want me to be one of your henchmen.

SHERMAN: “Henchmen” is such a dastardly term, Dr. Cohon. I want us to work together. Do you comprehend the injustice that transpires on your campus, on your watch, every day, Dr. Cohon? Thanks to your mighty Internet capabilities, students are listening...

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