Copyright Law

Supreme Court asks RIAA to respond to petition for certiorari in Maverick v Harper

By Ty Rogers and Ray Beckerman

In Maverick Recording Co v. Harper, the US Supreme Court has asked the RIAA to submit a response to the petition for certiorari, according to this report in p2pnet.

The RIAA had initially waived its right to respond.

This is the case in which the 5th Circuit had held that the innocent infringement defense is barred as a matter of law, even if the infringed copy bears no copyright notice, any time the recording in question has corresponding copies on sale in record stores which do bear a copyright notice.

[Ed. note. The 5th Circuit's ruling was ludicrous, and deserves to be unceremoniously reversed. The Supreme Court's request for a response from the RIAA at this juncture suggests that the high court has picked up on the 5th Circuit's flagrant mistake. -R.B.]

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Full post as published by Recording Industry vs The People on September 22, 2010 (boomark / email).