Today’s trial put the following witnesses on the stand:
– Antonio Franko, Joel’s high school friend
– Dr. Doug Jacobson, a technology expert from Iowa State University
– JoAn Cho, Attorney for Universal Music Group
– Stan Liebowitz, Economist and Professor from UT
Details can be seen here.
Some of the highlights:
The most amazing moment would be if Trent Reznor, the [...]
More letters of support (and not) came in today. From the bottom of our hearts, please keep sending them. Your words keep us going. And every small donations are helping us cover our costs. — JFB Team
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Joel,
I just wanted to wish you the best of luck and success in your trial. I’ve been eagerly [...]
More letters of support (and not) came pouring in today. We want to thank you for continuing to freely share your thoughts and feelings. And to everyone who has made a donation, we can assure you that all proceeds are going to cover our costs.
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I stumbled on your site just now through stumbleupon and have [...]
In case you missed it at the Guardian.
By Joel Tenenbaum
To a certain extent, I’m afraid to write this. Though they’ve already seized my computer and copied my hard drive, I have no guarantee they won’t do it again. For the past four years, they’ve been threatening me, making demands for trial, deposing my parents, sisters, [...]
Over the last few days, we’ve received dozens — if not hundreds — of letters and notes of support (and some not!). We’d like to take a moment and give you all credit and thanks. Below are just a few of the e-mails we received today.
Today, we also raised more money than we have ever [...]
posted by professor nesson
june 29, we go this morning before judge gertner with all discovery issues on the table. the questions we ask define what we consider to be relevant. the answers to the question of whether we are entitled to ask the questions we ask are statements by the law which [...]
(As trial draws near, we continue in our tradition of transparency. Below are some observations from Joel. –DBR)
The law offices of Feinberg & Kamholtz are on the 6th floor of a 22-story granite and glass modern office building.
Nesson arrives and we make our way to the conference room. Feinberg and Kamholtz have a professional appearance [...]
By Mark Kerzner at http://top8corp.blogspot.com/2009/06/court-orders-jammie-thomas-to-pay-riaa.html.
In a surprise decision, the jury imposed damages against Thomas-Rasset, who was originally accused of sharing more than 1,700 songs, at a whopping $80,000 for each of the 24 songs she was ultimately found guilty of illegally sharing. One can find an account on CNET news here. There is also a [...]
By chance, I meet Isaac on the T to the courthouse. We aren’t overly enthusiastic– the weather is bleak and I am exhausted from commencement ceremonies the day before.
Seen from the parking lot, the courthouse is not welcoming. The facade is a brick wall. I feel like we’re tiny eggs trying to smash the brick [...]
Posted by Debbie Rosenbaum
As JFB team’s student publicity person, I spend a lot of time explaining what other people are doing and describing the collective experience of being part of this unique effort. I wanted to take this opportunity to talk about yesterday’s hearing from my perspective.
For an aspiring lawyer like me, yesterday was truly [...]