“You can put out a flame, but you can’t put out a fire. Once the spark begins to catch, the wind will grow it higher.”
Thanks to Virginia Stead, a 2009 Ed.D. Candidate, for starting a movement!
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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Support-Webcasting-Public-Trials
I was disappointed in yesterday’s ruling, if not particularly surprised. I think that the court was disingenuous in ducking the sheer weight of the relief it granted by invoking its “advisory mandamus jurisdiction.” As a matter of statutory interpretation, I also think the court got the local rule wrong. The broad policy [...]
We were sitting in Prof. Nesson’s office for one of our regular meetings when we received news about the First Circuit ruling. All of us had our laptops with us, and within seconds, we were sharing a link to the ruling. Prof. Nesson suddenly stood up and left the room– I wondered if he was [...]
We are disappointed by the First Circuit’s decision and maintain that Joel is being denied a constitutional right to a public trial in the age of the internet. We believe that Judge Gertner was within her authority to make decisions regarding her own courtroom. We intend to explore every legal option available to Joel.
We encourage [...]
First circuit ruled against Joel in the issue of whether the case can be webcast over the internet.
Decision here: http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=09-1090P.01A.
Our reaction is forthcoming.
Posted by Anna Volftsun
Trent Reznor of NIN gave an interesting Q&A session with Digg founder Kevin Rose. NIN is a great example of an artist who has managed to keep up with technological innovation and make a profit pursuing an alternate business model that doesn’t require a record contract. His take on the current music [...]
Last Wednesday morning found out team before a panel of the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, defending the decision of our federal trial judge, Judge Gertner, to broadcast an important pre-trial hearing over the internet, unedited and gavel-to-gavel. Judge Gertner had ordered the internet broadcast of the hearing on several grounds, most [...]
Many of the people being sued by the recording industry are people who don’t have much money. You are probably familiar with the story of Brittany Kruger, who offered to pay $2,000, but was told that the settlement figure of $8,100 was not negotiable. Brittany writes:
“I make about $4,500 in a YEAR working at Dairy [...]
Law students depend on hornbooks and outline books (think “law school for dummies” or “idiot’s guide to contracts” or “cliff’s notes to criminal law”) on core subjects to help break down thorny legal issues and cases.
It doesn’t escape us that a lot of our supporters are unclear about the minute legal issues in this case. [...]
Posted by DBR on behalf of Joel’s mom
P2Pnet broke this first: http://www.p2pnet.net/story/20155
Joel’s mom e-mailed me with the following email (DBR: hyperlinks inserted by me):
Joel contacted me with the information about Brittany’s case and my presentation at the ABA’s Section of Administration Law and Regulatory Practice midyear meeting on February 13, 2009. I was [...]