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Consensus! Tenenbaum defense is a trainwreck

Consensus! Tenenbaum defense is a trainwreckSince liability is really not in doubtAnd that is all the court and jury will be concerned with.

Tags: Tenenbaum defense, Tenenbaum

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

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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

News to know: Windows 7 RTM review; Microsoft-Yahoo; SAP; Sprint

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Windows 7 first look: More than just "Vista, fixed" Gallery: Windows 7 RTM...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Sprint Communications, Microsoft Windows 7, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-30

Consensus! Tenenbaum defense is a trainwreck

TechDirt says that the Tenenbaum defense is a "trainwreck in motion." Picking up on copyright industry lawyer Ben Sheffner's opinion that the biggest error - of the many Team Tenenbaum made - was the failure to obtain an expert witness on economic damages, TechDirt's Mike Masnick writes: ...

Tags: Damage, Industry, File-sharing, Charles Nesson, Masnick, Strategy, Peer To Peer (P2P), Management, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-29

News to know: Microhoo; Multilingual spam; Apple; Verizon; Sprint

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Microsoft-Yahoo search pact appears to be a win-win if smaller deal Boomtown: Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Struck-Will Be Announced...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Verizon Communications Inc., SPSS Inc., Apple Inc., Spam, Microsoft Corp., Sprint Communications, Business Analytics, IBM Corp., Web Browsers, Financial Planning, Channel Management, Internet, Finance, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-07-29

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

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

Tenenbaum lawyers: It's only about fair use

Tenenbaum's team has moved to amend the defendant's answer, offering only the single affirmative defense of fair use. by Richard Koman

Tags: Burden, Infringement, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-04-16

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