He has previously represented entertainment companies including Warner Bros. Records and Twentieth Century Fox, but has no current financial ties to any of the parties in this case. Ben had the chance to experience copyright law from the user perspective while serving as a lawyer for John McCain's presidential campaign in 2008, and he now blogs about copyright issues at Copyrights & Campaigns. He is covering the Joel Tenenbaum trial this week in Boston for Ars Technica.