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Tenenbaum verdict: $675K

OK the the verdict is in. Joel Tenenbaum has been assessed $675,000, or $22,500 per song, for illegally distributing 30 songs via Kazaa, Ars Technica reports. That's not nearly as bad as I had feared, since it's within the realm of "normal" statutory damages (up to $30,000)....

Tags: Ars Technica, Verdict, Joel Tenenbaum, Tenenbaum, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Judge nixes fair use defense in Tennenbaum filesharing case

In a last-minute knockout punch, delivered just hours before the latest high-profile RIAA case was scheduled to start, Judge Nancy Gertner denied a fair use defense to Joel Tenenbaum, Ars Technica reports. Tenenbaum had sought to present his fair use theory to the jury but the judge...

Tags: Defendant, Joel Tenenbaum, Peer To Peer (P2P), Team Management, Internet, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-27

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Hey, kids! The days of free music are over.

The RIAA claims that they will not be going after any more individuals who share music. As Ars Technica points out in its coverage of the ruling in the Joel Tenenbaum case, Last December, the labels announced that they were no longer initiating new cases...

Tags: Comcast Corp., P2P, RIAA, Verizon Communications Inc., Music, Internet, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-08-01

Judge changes her mind: Tenenbaum is liable

Another day, another crazy turn in the Tenenbaum trial. First Joel admits that he downloaded and uploaded a multitude of songs. So the plaintiffs ask for a directed verdict taking the decision away from the jury on the issue of liability and other issues. Yesterday the judge denied the motion,...

Tags: Liability, Jury, Tenenbaum, Ray Beckerman, Strategy, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Tenenbaum admits all, while judge's ruling opens the door to a massive damages award

More high drama in the Tenenbaum trial, as defendant Joel Tenenbaum cheerily admitted illegal downloading and uploading of the 30 songs for which he's accused of copyright violations. Ben Sheffner reports for Ars Technica on Joel's witness box revelations: ...

Tags: Tenenbaum, Filesharers, Piracy, Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-30

Tenenbaum defense relies on hot air, not facts

Wacky Harvard Prof. Charles Nesson crumbled a styrofoam box and displayed a "Necker Cube" optical illusion in his opening statement in the Joel Tenenbaum filesharing trial, Ben Sheffner reports from Boston for Ars Technica. That proved apparently that the Internet transformed the quantum of music from...

Tags: Witness, Music, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-28

Nesson asks Court to reconsider RIAA webcasting decision

Harvard prof Charles Nesson will ask the First Circuit Court of Appeals for an en banc review of a panel's refusal to allow webcasting of the Tenenbaum P2P trial -- and a stay of the hearing currently scheduled for April 30. Last week,...

Tags: Webcasting, RIAA, Nesson, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-04-24

Radiohead: Filesharing good for music biz

The trial of Joel Tenenbaum is rapidly shaping up as a referendum on the harm of file-sharing, or lack thereof. Thus the star witness in Harvard law prof Charles Nesson's defense of Tenenbaum will be Radiohead manager Brian Message, MediaPost reports (via Ray...

Tags: Nesson, Sales Strategy, Peer To Peer (P2P), Sales, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-04-02

Nesson calls for net, video coverage of RIAA trial

The RIAA's case against Joel Tenenbaum symbolizes the "extortion of a generation." Shouldnt' the generation be able to see the judicial process in action? Defense team Charles Nesson and students think it should be streamed. by Richard Koman

Tags: Courtroom, RIAA, Video, Tenenbaum, Internet, Corporate Communications, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-12-26