The New York Times reported that Hilary Rosen, president of the Recording Industry Association of America, said the Bertesmann deal was consistent with the music industry's position that artists should be compensated for their work.
Dean of College Harry R. Lewis '68 said that the ruling does not affect Harvard's policy on Napster.
"As far as I know, nothing that happened yesterday changes the fact that owners of the copyrights on some pieces of music contend that downloading that music using Napster is an infringement of their copyrights," Lewis wrote in an e-mail message.
University President Neil L. Rudenstine said that it is not Harvard's prerogative to enforce copyright laws.
"We do not want to ban Napster or anybody else," Rudenstine said. "We don't think it's our duty to police."
But he said he thinks it is important that there be some way to regulate the pirating of music.
"Otherwise, we're going to essentially stem the supply of artists," he said. "There has to be some way to have a fair use return to the artist."
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