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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]