Let the Net into court, demands Harvard team
p2pnet news view | RIAA News:- Thanks to the Net, the actions of Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony BMG’s RIAA as they try to sue their customers into submission have been held up to full public scrutiny.
But Harvard law professor Charles Nesson and his team of law students want to take things much further.
Today, they asked a judge to allow the Net into the courtroom.
Nesson is defending Joel Tenenbaum, sued by the RIAA, “with punishment of more than a million dollars for downloading seven songs,” says the group.
Now, audio-visual coverage of the motion and trial proceedings should be allowed, they say.
“The judicial process is essentially an exercise in civil discourse,” says Nesson. “Given the keen interest of the diverse parties following this litigation closely, and the potential learning value of this case to a broad audience beyond, this case presents an ideal instance in which judicial discretion should be exercised under the auspices of the rule to admit Internet to the courtroom.”
Despite the RIAA’s announcement last week that it’s dropping its legal assault, it hasn’t dismissed any of its existing cases, such as Tenenbaum’s, notes the team.
“What this underscores is that this case is about more than just music,” says Debbie Rosenbaum, one of Nesson’s students.
“It’s about embracing digital natives in environments that have traditionally been closed off to them and challenging antiquated systems have yet to catch up to the twenty-first century.”
Click here for p2pnet’s interview with Tenenbaum.
For more information, check http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cyberone/riaa/.
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Jon Newton – p2pnet
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December 26th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Heh, they’ll drop the case before they let that happen.
December 26th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
” Despite the RIAAâs announcement last week that itâs dropping its legal assault, ”
A partial list of the newest cases ( filed AFTER the claimed to have stopped filing cases ) ..
Atlantic Recording v. Williams 08-1710 W.D. Pennsylvania 12/15/08
Sony BMG Music v. Linus 08-14413 S.D. Florida 12/11/08
Arista Records v. Estrada 08-8135 C.D. California 12/10/08
UMG Recordings v. Haralambos 08-8129 C.D. California 12/10/08
SONY BMG Music v. Estrada 08-2682 D. Colorado 12/10/08
Interscope Records v. Doe 6 08-1882 D. Connecticut 12/10/08
Arista Records v. Doe 4 08-1877 D. Connecticut 12/10/08
Interscope Records v. Doe 5 08-1284 D. Connecticut 12/10/08
Interscope Records v. Doe 2 08-1878 D. Connecticut 12/10/08
Interscope Records v. Doe 3 08-1879 D. Connecticut 12/10/08
Capitol Records v. Fowler 08-2141 D. District of Columbia 12/10/08
UMG Recordings v. Mekawi 08-2142 D. District of Columbia 12/10/08
UMG Recordings v. Hensley 08-534 M.D. Florida 12/10/08
Interscope Records v. Jackson 08-544 N.D. Florida 12/10/08
UMG Recordings v. Blueford 08-119 M.D. Georgia 12/10/08
Warner Bros. Records v. Umbaugh 08-118 M.D. Georgia 12/10/08
SONY BMG Music v. Simms 08-3728 N.D. Georgia 12/10/08
Warner Bros. Records v. Wade 08-3727 N.D. Georgia 12/10/08
Capitol Records v. Williams-Ali 08-156 S.D. Iowa 12/10/08
UMG Recordings v. Decort 08-7053 N.D. Illinois 12/10/08
SONY BMG Music v. Shane 08-7055 N.D. Illinois 12/10/08
SONY BMG Music v. Byers 08-189 S.D. Indiana 12/10/08
Capitol Records v. Trusty 08-190 S.D. Indiana 12/10/08
Elektra Entertainment v. Maphet 08-1386 D. Kansas 12/10/08
Atlantic Recording v. Sanderson 08-1385 D. Kansas 12/10/08
UMG Recordings v. Gulledge 08-cv-00973-MHT-TFM M.D. Alabama 12/10/08
Warner Bros. Records Kelley 08-cv-02295-CLS N.D. Alabama 12/10/08
SONY BMG Music v. Van Ornum 08-cv-04205-JLH E.D. Arkansas 12/10/08
Interscope Records v. Tabor 08-cv-03068-JLH W.D. Arkansas 12/10/08
BMG Music v. O’Brien 08-cv-02244-HRH D. Arizona 12/10/08
Priority Records v. Easterling 08-cv-08131-PA-JTL C.D. California 12/10/08
UMG Recordings v. Ibarzabal 08-cv-08136-R-SH C.D. California 12/10/08
Interscope Records v. Doe 4 08-cv-01880-JBA D. Connecticut 12/10/08
Arista Records v. Doe 2 08-cv-01874-CFD D. Connecticut 12/10/08
Arista Records v. Doe 3 08-cv-01876-SRU D. Connecticut 12/10/08
UMG Recordings v. Burmeister 08-cv-02295-MPM-DGB C.D. Illinois 12/10/08
A group that is willing to lie in court has no issues lying to the press, especially press that they
control.