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Harvard Prof Wants to Broadcast RIAA Case on Internet

By soulxtc

File motion asking judge to allow audio-visual coverage of the motion and trial proceedings in the case against accused file-sharer Joel Tenenbaum. Today, Professor Charles Nesson and his team of Harvard Law students filed a motion to broadcast courtroom coverage of the trial on the Internet, which is traditionally prohibited. More specifically, Nesson and his students are hoping to allow audio-visual coverage of the motion and trial proceedings. Nesson is defending Joel Tenenbaum, who has been sued by the RIAA for $1,050,000 for allegedly downloading making available 7 songs in a shared folder when he was 17 years old. ?The judicial process is essentially an exercise in civil discourse,? said Nesson.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on December 26, 2008 (boomark / email).