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Joe Biden: Carrying water for Hollywood?

Is Joe Biden the copyright industry's point man in the Obama Administration? He certainly has an anti-piracy track record. And the Justice Department is now lousy with RIAA lawyers, as Tiny Mix Tapes points out. Thomas Perrelli, nominated as Associate Attorney General on...

Tags: RIAA, Lawyer, U.S. Department Of Justice, Perrelli, Verrilli, Hauck, Solicitor General, Gershengorn, Piracy, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Internet, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-04-22

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Student suicide threat over RIAA bullying tactics

After checking Twitter a few moments ago, I was shocked, horrified and appalled at the news that a student from Chicago threatened suicide over the forceful, bullying tactics of major media corporations. I didn't think my 200th post on ZDNet would result in me saying this. ...

Tags: RIAA, Music, Thomas Perrelli, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-02-16

Awaiting decision on new trial in Thomas case

Apparently, it is RIAA day here at the govtech blog. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday on the upcoming decision in the Thomas case. Jammie Thomas, of course, was hit with $220,000 is statutory fines for copyright infringement. The verdict was based on a "making available" theory (see this article...

Tags: Theory, RIAA, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-18

'Making available' argument rapidly dying well-deserved death

I'm passing along Ray Beckerman's post on two recent cases that show the RIAA's attempt to use a "making available" theory to show copyright infringement is clearly on the way out. The Copyright Act clearly requires a showing that the defendant transferred the content to someone else; the RIAA has...

Tags: RIAA, Judge, Statute, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Judge hints he will declare mistrial in Thomas case

The judge in the Jammie Thomas copyright-infringement case is likely to declare a mistrial because of his reliance on the RIAA's specious "making available" theory, Wired reports. Last year, a Minnesota jury may headlines by the RIAA a $220,000 verdict against Thomas pictured. But the verdict was based on...

Tags: Distribution, RIAA, U.S. Congress, Judge, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-04

Google needs more time to respond to Viacom suit

Google has requested a 30-day extension to respond to the Viacom lawsuit against YouTube. The letter, reported by GoogleWatch, was dated March 23 by Donald Verrilli Jr., a Viacom lawyer. In part, he wrote: "I am writing to confirm that...

Tags: Viacom Inc., Google Inc.

Blog posts 2007-03-29