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Harvard Prof Fighting RIAA Back in Court Tomorrow

By soulxtc

Trial was delayed over inability to argue case in a RI court even though is a Federal case. The Harvard legal team defending 24yo Joel Tenenbaum from RIAA accusations that he made 7 songs available for downloading in a KaZaA shared folder will appear in Rhode Island Federal Court tomorrow to argue their case. Tenenbaum, a graduate student at Boston University, was accused of downloading seven songs back in 2004 and is being sued for $1,050,000 - $150,000 per song! The team originally traveled down in mid-December, but the hearing was rescheduled for Jan 6 due to the fact that Harvard Professor Charles Nesson, Tenenbaum’s lead counsel, was not admitted to legally argue in a RI court.  Since then, the team has filed a pro hac vice motion for Nesson, but the group has not heard if it has been granted.  In order to ensure action, Nesson has also secured a Rhode Island lawyer.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on January 05, 2009 (boomark / email).