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Fred Von Lohmann of Electronic Frontier Foundation to participate in oral argument of Atlantic v. Howell

By Ty Rogers and Ray Beckerman

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Jon Newton at p2pnet.net reports that Fred Von Lohmann of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, as an amicus curiae, will be participating in the oral argument of the "making available" motion scheduled for tomorrow, March 5th, 2:00 PM, at the federal courthouse in Phoenix, Arizona, in Atlantic v. Howell. Mr. Howell is not represented by counsel:

EFF wades in on RIAA Howell case
p2pnet news | RIAA News:- The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation ) says it?ll add its voice to those speaking out against the RIAA?s efforts to tar and feather Pamela and Jeffery Howell, two more people accused of being massive online distributors of copyrighted digital music.
Howell?s case rocketted to international prominence when RIAA lawyer Ira Schwartz tried to argue MP3 files Howell made on his computer from legally bought CDs were ?unauthorized copies? of copyrighted recordings.

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EFF previously filed an amicus curiae brief on Mr. Howell's behalf in this case.

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Full post as published by Recording Industry vs The People on March 04, 2008 (boomark / email).