Derek Slater hosted one of the mirrors of the Diebold memos on a Harvard server (Diebold, Harvard, and Me). Soon thereafter, Harvard received a notice-and-takedown from Diebold targeting Slater's mirror. Derek has taken the mirror down, and will not be contesting Diebold's actions (he is busy with other projects). However, Harvard has a policy of terminating network access for a year for people who have have received two notice-and-takedown letters (Even Harvard's Dean Misreads the DMCA Safe Harbor). The letter from Diebold would count as Derek's first strike. This two-strikes (without further investigation) and you're cut-off policy is bad in and of itself. However, as applied to Derek it is certainly unjust. Harvard should revise its "repeat offender" DMCA policy and not count Derek's actions as those of a repeat offender.

Good luck, Derek!

UPDATE 1205 PT

Derek writes to inform that he has not actually taken the materials down and has not yet decided on a plan of action.