Source: http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2008/06/
Timestamp: 2019-04-19 22:56:51+00:00

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In Capitol v. Thomas, the plaintiffs and the defendant have filed their briefs in response to Judge Davis's May 15th order.
The US Department of Justice took no position on the issue.
The folks at Internet Law & Regulation, who for the past several years have been hosting the majority of the litigation documents to which this site links, are conducting some work on their servers. As such, we are experiencing technical difficulties with those *pdf files which are at ilrweb.com.
viewILRPDF.asp?filename=withbeckermanlegal.com/Documents/and add .pdf to the end of the file name, and you'll have a working link to the document. For example, this should be changed to this. If you would like to see documents which haven't been uploaded to beckermanlegal.com yet, please email me your request and I will get them there. No anonymous requests will he accepted. Thanks. -R.B.
Scholarly article on "making available"
Wired.com is hosting a scholarly article on the "making available" issue, entitled "Future Shock and the Copyright Act of 1976: Is Merely Making a Copyrighted Work Available for Digital Transmission a Violation of § 106(3)? (pdf), by Draeke Weseman, a third-year law student at William Mitchell College of Law, in Minnesota.
In Atlantic v. Andersen, the District Judge has rejected the objections of both sides, and adopted the Magistrate Judge's report and recommendation awarding Tanya Andersen $107,834 in attorneys fees and disbursements.
In Arista v. LimeWire, a briefing schedule has been set by the Court for upcoming summary judgment motions. Motions are to be filed by July 18th, and briefing is required to be completed by October 8th.
The Berkman Center for Internet and Society @ Harvard University is looking for student-age defendants of RIAA legal actions to share their experiences in a recorded audio or video interview (either in person or through a video chat).
Berkman's Digital Natives Project, which investigates issues at the intersection between technology and youth culture, is putting together a series of educational videos for use in a copyright curriculum.
We're looking to teach a nuanced view of creativity, copyright, and sharing. We are also putting together a podcast series on "Digital Natives" issues and may be interested in the possibility of using potential interview materials for that as well.
First learned of this from WAVY.com.
In Interscope v. Does 1-7, the Newport News, Virginia, case, targeting 7 students at the College of William and Mary, Judge F. Bradford Stillman has reversed the earlier ruling of Judge Walter D. Kelley, Jr., denying the RIAA's ex parte motion, and has now granted the motion.
No defendants appeared in the action; neither the defendants nor the College were given notice of the application. It is still possible that once the subpoena is issued and served, either the college, or the students, or both, could make a motion to quash.
In court papers filed in BMG v. Doe 1 in North Carolina, it was revealed that a North Carolina State University "John Doe" has filed an unlicensed investigation complaint against MediaSentry with the North Carolina Private Protective Services Board, the agency which regulates private investigators in North Carolina.
In Capitol v. Thomas, a number of groups have accepted Judge Davis's invitation to submit amicus curiae briefs on the issue of whether a manifest error of law was committed when the jury was instructed that Jammie Thomas could be liable for just 'making files available'. The deadline for filing of amicus briefs was Friday, June 20th at noon.
Announcement: I have formed my own firm, Ray Beckerman, P.C.
I am pleased to announce that I have formed my own law firm, Ray Beckerman, P.C., where I will continue my practice representing and advising small and medium sized businesses and individuals.
My good friend Ty Rogers, who has been working with me for most of the last 12 years, and who has been working on the RIAA cases since we first started with them in 2005, will continue with Vandenberg & Feliu, LLP.
In UMG v. Lindor, the 3-year-old Brooklyn case against a home health aide who has never used a computer, the RIAA is now making a motion to voluntarily dismiss the case without prejudice.
-a stay of all proceedings.
In Warner v. Cassin, and its new companion case Warner v. Does 1-4, the RIAA has responded to the June 12th letters submitted by defendant's lawyer.
In UMG v. Lindor, MediaSentry has submitted a response to Ms. Lindor's reconsideration motion concerning the Magistrate Judge's preliminary order indicating denial of defendant's motion to compel MediaSentry to respond to the subpoena duces tecum which had been served upon it in November 2007.

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