Earlier today, we filed this Motion for a New Trial and Remittitur to Judge Gertner, the same judge who presided over the original trial. (BTW, remittitur is fancy legal talk meaning a ruling by a judge lowering the amount of damages granted by a jury — usually, because the amount awarded exceedes the amount demanded.) [...]
So you may have noticed recent news stories about Joel’s case. Judge Gertner made a ruling. Although the jury had already decided back in July, nothing was official until Judge Gertner submitted her ruling.
Confused? Here’s the gist:
1) The judgment from July 31st was formally entered. This had to occur before we could move on to [...]
—————–RIAA, Downloading and Copyrights—————-
By Professor Thomas J. Impelluso, Ph.D.
Department of Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
San Diego State University
In just under three years, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sued over 20,000 music fans for file sharing. Recently, they commenced an aggressive new litigation campaign to protect their interests further. But this begs the question: What, [...]
Today, the talented and beautiful master of PR and spin for the RIAA, Cara Ducksworth, posted a blog post entitled “Musings on Tenenbaum Case.”
Almost immediately, TechDirt jumped in to correct some misinformed “facts” asserted by the music industry.
The issue of P2P file-sharing isn’t going to disappear because of Joel’s trial, and a solution will hopefully [...]
Much ink has been spilled about Joel’s story and Friday’s verdict, and while journalists aim to be neutral, there are some sound bites floating around that we would like to clarify.
MYTH: Joel finally admitted that he thinks artists should be paid.
JOEL: Anyone in court that day or remotely following the case knows that I’ve been [...]
Posted by Joel Tenenbaum
I shared music. I was the one who wanted a say in court. This lawsuit was against me. This is my verdict. I ask no one to help me. And I ask for no one to cover what I signed up for.
That being said, people started spontaneously messaging me, facebooking me, and [...]
Ars Technica reports on Prof. Nesson joining with Kiwi Camara (defending Jammie Thomas-Rasset, a case that is separate from Joel’s case) to file a class action suit against the RIAA.
Responding to Judge Gertner’s proposed schedule, we filed a motion to stay on Monday. We posed questions for the Supreme Court to review, and asked that all public proceedings be postponed until the Supreme Court has an opportunity to act on the petition.
In our petition, we presented the following questions:
1. Are federal courts constitutionally obligated [...]
With only a few days are left before Joel’s hearing on June 5, Judge Nancy Gertner issued an order on May 28 setting Joel’s trial for July 20. “Despite the postponements resulting from the webcast appeal, the Court intends to move quickly to trial in this case,” Judge Gertner writes. The trial will be a [...]