Copyright Law

Defendant files additional memorandum of law in Tenenbaum

By Ty Rogers and Ray Beckerman

In SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum defendant has filed a further memorandum of law "relating to various issues".

Defendant's memorandum of law "relating to various issues"

[Ed. note: My usual admonition to law students and beginning lawyers: do not emulate anything you see from either side in this case. Very little of it is remotely connected to what normal lawyers do when engaged in the practice of law. Usually I don't pity federal judges, because they are fairly privileged people with a lot of power and a lifetime job. But in this case my heart goes out to Judge Nancy Gertner because she and her staff attorneys are the only normal lawyers working on this case, so they have to do all the heavy lifting themselves, with no help from counsel for either side. They cannot trust or rely upon, and are never helped in doing their jobs, by anything either side submits. -R.B.]

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Full post as published by Recording Industry vs The People on June 09, 2009 (boomark / email).