Dan Peng '05 has hired Howard Ende, a former University general counsel, and Melissa Klipp at the local firm of Drinker, Biddle & Reath to defend him in a suit filed by the Recording Industry Association of America, Ende said yesterday.
The RIAA announced last week that it had sued Peng and three other college students for what could be millions of dollars in copyright violations. The industry group alleged that Peng illegally shared copyrighted music from his computer and facilitated file-sharing of copyrighted music through his website, wake.princeton.edu, which Peng has taken down.
"We're currently in delicate discussions with the RIAA," Ende said yesterday in an interview. "I would like to see a swift and fair resolution."
Last week the University counsel office gave Peng a list of local lawyers. Ende said his nationally known firm will be paid. The University is not directly involved in the case, he said.
Other defendants
Ende said he has not worked with the lawyers defending the three other students but said he does not preclude working with them in the future.
He also said he did not know how the RIAA learned of Peng's site. The lawsuit cites publicity about the site, including an article in the 'Prince.'
Ende has previously defended computer science Professor Edward Felten against the RIAA, and Klipp is a specialist in intellectual property law.
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