Derek Slater fights the good fight and wins a round (Update: Diebold, Harvard, and Me). Slater was one of the citizens engaged in e-civil disobedience against e-voting machine manufacturer Diebold's mendacity. He posted a mirror of the infamous Diebold memos, excerpts of which can be found on Rep. Kucinich's website here: Voting Rights. For his trouble, Slater received a notice-and-takedown letter from Diebold, via Harvard. Consequently, Harvard (following their own policy) entered a black mark in Slater's record for being a copyright infringer. One more notice-and-takedown letter addressed to him and Slater would lose access to Harvard's network for a year. Slater protested this policy, arguing that he shouldn't get a black mark due to civil disobedience (and the fact that his posting of the memos had a strong, although not invulnerable, fair use defense). Harvard has, in Slater's case, agreed. However, this was an ad hoc decision. Now, Harvard should revise its policy so that there is a procedure for challenging the black mark, in addition to the statutory procedure for challenging the notice-and-takedown letters themselves.