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RIAARIAA Wins Copyright Judgment Against Usenet.comAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 6:00am.
 Los Angeles
- The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced on Wednesday
that a federal court has ruled in its favor in a copyright infringement lawsuit
it filed against Usenet.com. According to CNET's coverage, U.S. District Judge
Harold Baer of the Southern District of New York found Usenet.com -- which
offers access to the twenty-year-old Usenet network -- guilty of direct,
contributory and vicarious copyright infringement.
Report: Jammie Thomas-Rasset Rejects RIAA Settlement OfferAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 30, 2009 - 6:10am.
Los Angeles
- Jammie Thomas-Rasset, the woman recently found guilty of copyright
infringement on a file-sharing network and ordered to pay $1.9 million in damages,
has rejected a settlement offer from the record labels, CNET News.com reported.
RIAA P2P Case Tally in Court Brief Differs With EstimatesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 29, 2009 - 10:49am.
Boston
- The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) said in court documents
filed this month that it had settled with 4,000 of the 18,000 people it
contacted about their alleged infringements on file-sharing networks, although
other estimates peg the total number of proceedings at nearly double that
figure, Digital Music News reported.
Record Labels Sue Irish ISPs to Force 'Three-Strikes' P2P PolicyAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 22, 2009 - 11:39am.
Dublin, Ireland - After suing Ireland's largest ISP Eircom
and getting the company to agree to voluntarily implement a
"three-strikes" policy on file-swappers, the four major record labels
have now sued the country's second-largest telco, BT Ireland, and cable
operator UPC, to get them to follow suit, the Irish Times reports.
RIAA "Willing to Settle" File-Sharing Case for Under $2 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 19, 2009 - 8:33am.
Duluth, Minn. - After winning a $1.92 million copyright
infringement jury verdict against Jammie Thomas-Rasset, a single mother of four
found guilty of illegal file-sharing, the Recording Industry Association of
America (RIAA) says it is still open to settling on different terms.
Jury Orders Jammie Thomas to Pay $1.9M for Sharing 24 SongsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 18, 2009 - 12:42pm.
Duluth, Minn. - A jury has awarded the record labels
that sued Jammie Thomas-Rasset for copyright infringement
on a file-sharing network $1.92 million in damages, or $80,000 for each of the 24 songs she shared, the
Recording Industry vs. The People blog reported. After three days of testimony
this week, closing arguments were heard on Thursday before the jury began
deliberations in the case.
Harvard Law Prof. Admonished by Judge in File-Sharing CaseAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 18, 2009 - 12:37pm.
Boston - Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson, who is defending Boston student Joel
Tenenbaum against charges of copyright infringement on a file-sharing network
by Sony (NYSE: SNE), has been admonished by the judge for some of his legal tactics, Ars
Technica reported.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | P2P | Music | RIAA | Copyright | Sony Music | Charles Nesson | Joel Tenenbaum |
Jammie Thomas Admits Hard Drive Swap, Pleads InnocenceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 17, 2009 - 11:06am.
Duluth, Minn. - Jammie Thomas-Rasset took the
witness stand in her own defense on Wednesday, against charges from the RIAA
that she infringed copyrights by sharing songs on the Kazaa file-sharing
network, Ars Technica reported. A day earlier, attorneys for the record labels
had called several experts who had examined Thomas-Rasset's computer hard
drive, which the defendant admitted had been replaced during the period between
when she received was initially accused of copyright infringement, and when she
eventually turned the drive over as evidence.
Jammie Thomas Retrial Sees First Day in CourtAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 16, 2009 - 12:31pm.
Duluth, Minn. - The retrial of accused file-swapper
Jammie Thomas-Rasset began on Tuesday with jury selection, opening arguments
and testimony from Sony Entertainment and MediaSentry, according to published
reports.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | P2P | Music | RIAA | Copyright | Kazaa | MediaSentry | Sony Music | Jammie Thomas | Kiwi Camara |
MediaSentry Evidence In, 'Fair Use' Defense Out in P2P CaseAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 11, 2009 - 12:16pm.
Duluth, Minn. - A federal judge has denied accused
file-swapper Jammie Thomas' request to disallow evidence from MediaSentry, the
firm hired by record labels to track activity on file-sharing networks and
gather evidence on suspected copyright infringers, CNET News.com reported.
Lawyers Plot Class Action Against RIAA Over P2P LawsuitsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 10, 2009 - 12:27pm.
Los Angeles - Two attorneys who have represented a number of
alleged file-swappers in copyright infringement lawsuits brought by the
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) plan to file a class action
suit against the RIAA this summer, to reclaim the "$100 million" the
RIAA "stole" from the thousands of people they have sued, Ars
Technica reports. Harvard Law professor Charles Neeson is currently defending a
Boston student
in a file-sharing case, while former Neeson student Kiwi Camara will represent
Jammie Thomas-Rasset in her retrial on charges of copyright infringement on a
file-sharing network.
Bill Countering Performance Rights Act Gains Support in HouseAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 5, 2009 - 8:52am.
Washington - A bill that would counter the Performance
Rights Act, which aims to establish payments for record labels and musicians
for radio airplay in the U.S., "now has the backing of 220 members of the
House, giving the anti-performance-royalties resolution majority support," Radio Ink Magazine reports.
tags: Law | Policy | Radio | Music | RIAA | NAB | Copyright | Performance Rights Act | Local Radio Freedom Act |
CNET: Six Months In, No RIAA Deals With ISPs on P2PAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 4, 2009 - 10:24am.
San Francisco
- Six months after the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
announced it would cease its litigation campaign against file-swappers and
Supreme Court Asked to Overturn RIAA Trial Webcast BanAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 2, 2009 - 1:56pm.
Boston
- Attorneys for accused file-swapper Joel Tenenbaum have petitioned the U.S.
Supreme Court to review a case that upheld a ban on the Internet webcast of
district court proceedings. The petition is based on the First and Fifth
Amendments, and asks whether the ban on webcasting "impermissibly
restrict(s) the judicial power vested in federal district court judges by the
Constitution and creational statutes." Tenenbaum, who is being represented
by Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson, has moved for a stay of all
proceedings in the district court, pending the Supreme Court's review.
tags: Video | Law | Lawsuits | P2P | Music | RIAA | Copyright | Webcasting | Charles Nesson | Joel Tenenbaum |
Jammie Thomas Asks Court to Suppress MediaSentry EvidenceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 2, 2009 - 12:58pm.
Duluth, Minn. - Attorneys for accused music file-swapper
Jammie Thomas have filed a motion to suppress evidence from MediaSentry, a firm
hired by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to collect
evidence of copyright infringement on file-sharing networks. The motion argues
that MediaSentry collected evidence in violation of federal, Minnesota
and New Jersey wiretapping statutes, as well
as the Minnesota
private investigator statute.
Sony v. Tenebaum File-Sharing Case Gets July 20 Trial DateAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 29, 2009 - 11:43am.
Boston - A trial date of July
20 has been set for the case of Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, in
which Boston
student Joel Tenenbaum is accused of copyright infringement on a file-sharing
network, according to the Recording Industry vs. the People blog. Tenenbaum's
legal team, led by Harvard Law professor Charles Neeson, was denied a petition to
webcast the proceedings. Neeson is countersuing alleging that copyright damages
are unconstitutionally high, and that such lawsuits should be heard in criminal,
not civil court.
EFF Launches "Teaching Copyright" Curriculum, WebsiteAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 28, 2009 - 12:25pm.
San Francisco
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a digital civil liberties advocacy
group, on Thursday launched a new "Teaching Copyright" curriculum and
website.
Accused File-Swapper Jammie Thomas Gets New AttorneysAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 20, 2009 - 12:46pm.
Duluth, Minn. - Accused file-swapper Jammie Thomas
has new legal representation, after the attorney who represented her against
the recording industry said he was out $130,000 in fees and not looking to add
to that with a retrial, the blog Recording Industry vs. The People reported. Thomas,
who was convicted of copyright infringement and ordered to pay $220,000, was
granted a retrial after the judge said he erred in jury instructions. Thomas
will be now represented in the retrial by Houston,
Texas law firm Camara & Sibley, and St. Paul, Minnesota
firm Reinhardt, Wendorf & Blanchfield.
Music Reports Debuts Web Royalty Accounting for WebcastingAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 20, 2009 - 12:44pm.
Woodland Hills,
Calif. - Music Reports, a provider
of music rights administration services, said on Wednesday that it has started
accounting to more than 12,000 music publishing administrators representing
over 50,000 individual music publishers, on behalf of its digital music service
clients. The accounting comes on the heels of the recent agreement on mechanical
licensing between songwriters, labels, webcasters and the Copyright Royalty
Board. Starting this month, music publishing administrators will be able to log
into MusicReports.com to view accountings, download monthly usage reports, and
update song ownership information.
Record Labels Seek More Pirate Bay Fines; Target ISPAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 20, 2009 - 11:37am.
Stockholm, Sweden - The major record labels have asked a
Swedish court to levy additional fines against file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay,
which despite losing a landmark court case that provided fines and jail time to
its operators, continues to operate unabated, TorrentFreak reports.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | P2P | Universal Music | RIAA | Copyright | Warner Music | BitTorrent | IFPI | The Pirate Bay | EMI | Sony Music |
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