The Connection between Nesson and the Thomas lawsuit

Since the beginning, we have noted that Joel’s lawsuit will be only the second of its kind to be tried by a jury — the first, of course, being the Jammie Thomas case.  Those that follow the RIAA’s litigation campaign know that Jammie Thomas was initially found liable and ordered to pay $222,000 in damages [...]

Updates on your most FAQs

Posted by Debbie Rosenbaum
What’s the status on the Joel Fights Back case? Right now, we are awaiting a date for the status hearing in Judge Gertner’s courtroom.  Plaintiffs and our team have agreed to a June 12 option, but we’re waiting to see if there is room on the court’s calendar.
Will it be webcast? As [...]

Videoclip of Judie in Harvard Square

Also read blog post about what happened that day.

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Raising awareness with Joel’s mom

Today, I spent the day with Joel’s parents at the annual Mayfair in Harvard Square . Judie, Joel’s mom, brought her harp to help raise awareness and money that we desperately need for the case. The Harvard Square Business Association was nice enough to let us have a small space without paying the participation fee [...]

Joel’s Mom in Harvard Square!

As you can imagine, Joel and his family are deeply involved in his case.  What you may not know is that music is fundamental to Joel’s family: his mom is a professional harpist!
Joel’s mom has decided to come to Cambridge tomorrow (May 3rd) to play her harp at Harvard Square’s annual May Fair.  We’ll be [...]

Being documented

Award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Levis has been documenting some of our activities. Yesterday, the documentary team had a lengthy interview with Prof. Nesson, attended one of his classes, and met up with a few of the students on the team. The filming crew also spent an entire day with Joel and interviewed his mother. Here [...]

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