Rehearing en banc denied; motion for stay denied

As linked. Both denials are without comment.
http://joelfightsback.com/wp-content/uploads/1c1-rehearingdenied.pdf
http://joelfightsback.com/wp-content/uploads/1c1-staydenied.pdf

Request for Rule Change Denied

Forethought: The fact that Judge Wolf’s opinion was emailed and that the hearing itself was audiocast only attest to the pervasive nature of the internet, a nature which we hope the legal system will recognize as having been artificially constrained.

NESSON’S TEAM WILL SEEK STAY AFTER FIRST CIRCUIT RULING AGAINST WEBCAST & FEDERAL JUDGES DENY [...]

First Circuit Hearing- Part 4

Final part with Danial Cloherty’s rebuttal. Also see parts 1 (Cloherty), 2 (Sherman), and 3 (Nesson), which have been updated with minor edits.  Thanks to Alter_Fritz for the enhanced audio!  -yvette

First Circuit Slideshow-Part 3

Part 3 featuring Prof. Nesson. Also see part 1, part 2, and part 4

First Circuit Hearing- Part 2

Featuring Jonathan Sherman for CVN. Also see part one with Daniel Cloherty for the plaintiffs, part three with Prof. Nesson, and part 4 with Cloherty’s rebuttal.

joel’s story goes international

Read the story here.

media roundup

Some recent reading care of supporter Mark Rosedale.

New wrinkle in SONY v. Tenenbaum case: it appears that the Judicial Council of the 1st Cir has banned televising http://www.uslaw.com/library/Copyright_Law/New_wrinkle_SONY_v_Tenenbaum_case_appears_Judicial_Council_1st_Cir_ban.php?item=390876
First Circuit Webcasting Argument Stems From Long History of Rules on Cameras in Courts http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2009/first-circuit-webcasting-argument-stems-from-long-history-rules-cameras-courts
Court Webcasts, Securing Your Internet Privacy http://beatcrave.com/2009-04-09/court-webcasts-securing-your-internet-privacy/

First Circuit Rejects District [...]

First Circuit Hearing Slideshow Part 1

Top Copyright Scholar Questions Constitutionality of Copyright Act’s Statutory Damages Provision

Posted by Matt Sanchez.
Pamela Samuelson, a professor of law at University of California, Berkeley and one of the most respected copyright scholars in the country, recently released a working paper that calls for reforms in the Copyright Act’s statutory damages scheme.
Samuelson’s reasoning fits well with the arguments we’ve raised in this case. She and [...]

Aren’t These the “People’s Courts”?

By guest writer Jason Harrow, 1L at Harvard Law School, who attended the First Circuit Oral Hearings.  See his initial post here.
Joel’s brief before the First Circuit stated that “public access to the courtroom is a power and responsibility of the law.” This should be uncontroversial; after all, the Sixth Amendment makes explicit that “the [...]