Copyright Law

Practice tips

By Ty Rogers and Ray Beckerman

Collection of previous "practice tips", through 1/20/09.

"Settlement strategy in post-announcement period needs to reflect possible changing circumstances" 1/20/09

"USA v. Dove exposes RIAA's faulty damages thinking" 1/16/09

"Statutory damages should bear some relation to actual damages suffered, Yurman v. Castaneda" 11/30/08

"Motions to Quash After Judge Gertner's November 24, 2008, Decision in London Sire Records v. Does 1-4" 11/25/08

"No Statutory Damages or Costs Recoverable for Recordings Registered After Defendant Started "Online Media Distribution" 9/25/08

"Take MediaSentry's deposition" 8/12/08

"Innocent infringement" defense 8/9/08

"If you're litigating the "making available" issue, consider bringing the London-Sire decision to the attention of the Court" 4/4/08

Rule 11 and the RIAA's new boilerplate 3/17/08

Collecting materials on MediaSentry relating to (a) illegality, (b) discoverability, and (c) admissibility 2/8/08

Notice of Constitutional Question when Filing Pleading Asserting Unconstitutionality of Statute 11/30/07

Some qood questions to ask about MediaSentry's "investigation" 11/29/07

Inquire into the Role of Matthew Oppenheim 11/13/07

Investigate Dr. Jacobson's Interest in "Audible Magic" and "CopySense" 11/11/07

Importance of getting pretrial discovery into plaintiffs' lost profits 10/9/07

Dr. Doug Jacobson's Testimony Refutes the RIAA Averment that its Investigator "Detected an Individual" 9/21/07

Consider making motions to dismiss complaint or motions for judgment on pleadings 9/11/07

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Full post as published by Recording Industry vs The People on February 03, 2009 (boomark / email).