You may have come here looking for our position on the appeals court’s ruling last.
As you may recall, a jury in 2009 decided that I should pay $675,000, or $22,500 per song, for making songs available on KaZaA in the early 2000s.
Post-trial, we filed a motion asking Judge Gertner to reduce the damages amount to something [...]
“The Internet has been a blessing for the music industry. Although the RIAA and IFPI frequently complain about piracy, their own research shows that only 10% of all illegal downloads are considered to be a loss in sales. Meanwhile, piracy has shown them how to monetize music online, and turn it into profit.”
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From: anonymous
Date: 2011/4/28
To: nesson@law.harvard.edu
Hi Professor Nesson - Thought you might be interested to know that 30 out of the 31 songs Joel Tenenbaum downloaded can be downloaded legally and for free if you’re located in China. I got the list of songs from the wikipedia entry on the JT case and then searched the songs on google.cn/music (links included [...]
Reposted from JUST ENRICHMENT
After a first day that was full of panels focused mostly on the business aspects of the music crisis, today the lawyers gave their views on the problems facing the music industry. With cleverly named sessions like “The Current State of Copyright Law,” and “The Future of Copyright Law,” and with preeminent [...]
Reposted from JUST ENRICHMENT
I took in a pretty full day of panels at Day 1 of the Rethink Music conference (my preview post from last night is here). While tomorrow’s lineup promises lots of great stuff on copyright law and policy, today’s schedule was pretty business-oriented. As such, I’ll hold off my explicitly legal analysis [...]
Reposted from JUST ENRICHMENT
For the next two days, this Humble Contributor will be attending a conference called “Rethink Music.” It promises two days of fascinating dialogue about the future of the music industry among artists, entrepreneurs, record company executives, lawyers, policymakers, academics, and students. Harvard’s Berkman Center has posted a great briefing book and a [...]
The Daily Conversation: Student Shares 30 Songs, Gets Sued for $675,000 by RIAA
Weren’t able to join us at oral argument before the First Circuit judges?
Listen to the audio file of the hearing here.
Also:
First person narrative of the hearing by “Joel Sage,” a Massachusetts attorney, copyright law aficionado, and sometimes photographer at Legally Sociable.
Coverage by the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Computer World, and Torrent Freak.
MOOT TENENBAUM: Remix
On April 4th, the First Circuit will hear oral argument on the appeals of Joel Tenenbaum, the Recording Industry Association of America, and the U.S. Department of Justice. All three parties appealed after the trial judge reduced a $675,000 jury verdict for sharing 30 songs down to $67,500. The only issues remaining on appeal regard [...]