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...presidential forums by handing control of the debates over to the two major parties. Before 1988 the rules of the debates were hashed out by the non-partisan sponsor with only limited input from the major parties. Now the major parties draft what are called the “memoranda of understanding,” secret documents that set out the rules and format of the debates. The two major parties create this document in negotiations without the CPD present, meaning that no non-partisan group is able to contribute to the ultimate format and rules of the debate...
...We’d still like to have a judge saying that a posting like this is ‘fair use,’” said Seltzer, a former Crimson executive, referring to an exemption in U.S. copyright laws under which students have claimed the Diebold memoranda fall...
Derek A. Slater ’05, one of two Harvard students who posted the memoranda on their University websites, said the Diebold motion represents a victory for him and others who have challenged the company...
After Diebold sent a cease-and-desist order to Harvard, the University removed the memoranda from Slater’s website...
...other Harvard student who has posted the memoranda, A. Eleanor Luey ’04, said she was never contacted by Diebold or the University about the documents...