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38 Articles match "Internet","Kazaa"
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UMG files Ninth Circuit brief in Veoh case
The District Court’s summary judgment rulings turn copyright law on its head in the context of the internet. If they are not reversed, activities that clearly give rise to liability in any other context would be permitted on the internet. Corporate Counsel has additional detail on UMG's brief.
Copyrights & Campaigns
- Thursday, April 29, 2010
The Devil Listens to Nirvana . . .
The court’s statements present a sharp contrast to the lower court’s holding: Although proper notice was provided on the cover of each of the Recordings, a question remains as to whether Defendant knew the warnings on compact discs were applicable in this KaZaA setting. Judge Nancy Gertner, of the U.S. bar to her innocent infringer defense.&#
JetLawBlog
- Tuesday, March 2, 2010
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Tenenbaum: fair use factors 'just suggestions'; 'I have never denied using Kazaa to download and upload music'
And he gave a little more detail about his planned defense, admitting, "I have never denied using Kazaa to download and upload music." Copyright holders have taken a deliberate risk and focused on short term profits by never seriously investing in new Internet-compatible or novel Internet-enhanced business models. Suggestions"?
Copyrights & Campaigns
- Sunday, June 21, 2009
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Tenenbaum Case Opens in Massachusetts
In 1997, Charles Nesson and Jonathan Zittrain founded the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. research center focusing on legal study of the Internet, notable fellows have included Jimbo Wales, Larry Lessig, John Perry Barlow, and Yochai Benkler. Whether that has any relevance whatsoever to the law is another question entirely.
JetLawBlog
- Friday, July 31, 2009
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Judge Refuses to Issue Monetary Sanctions in Music Piracy Case
As the previous quote demonstrates, Beckerman’s blog criticizes the RIAA’s 30,000+ lawsuits against computer users that are alleged to have obtained and distributed music illegally over peer-2-peer networks (such as Kazaa, Limewire, etc.). Defense Attorney Ray Beckerman. The People. 8211; Rylan Smith. Image Source.
JetLawBlog
- Friday, October 16, 2009
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Court Orders Woman to Pay $1.92 Million to Record Companies for Illegal Downloads
Tags: JETL copyright courts entertainment financial government intellectual property internet lawsuits legislation music technology RIAA file sharing download Copyright Act Thomas-Rasset Kazaa jury
JetLawBlog
- Friday, June 26, 2009
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The Devil Listens to Nirvana . . .
The court’s statements present a sharp contrast to the lower court’s holding: Although proper notice was provided on the cover of each of the Recordings, a question remains as to whether Defendant knew the warnings on compact discs were applicable in this KaZaA setting. Judge Nancy Gertner, of the U.S. bar to her innocent infringer defense.&#
JetLawBlog
- Tuesday, March 2, 2010
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Huge win for record labels in Jammie Thomas-Rasset case as jury awards $1.92 million; big question: too huge?
million -- $80,000 per work -- to the major record labels, finding that Brainerd mother of four Jammie Thomas-Rasset willfully infringed 24 of their copyrights by downloading and "sharing" them via the peer-to-peer service Kazaa. A jury of 12 ordinary Minnesotans with no connection to the entertainment industry today awarded a whopping $1.92
Copyrights & Campaigns
- Thursday, June 18, 2009
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The Joel Tenenbaum case: Frequently Asked Questions
Five major record labels have sued a Boston University graduate student named Joel Tenenbaum in federal court in Boston, alleging that he used the KaZaA peer-to-peer network to infringe copyrights in 30 sound recordings that they own. using the KaZaA online file sharing program to distribute Plaintiffs’ copyrighted sound recordings.
Copyrights & Campaigns
- Sunday, July 26, 2009
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Tenenbaum takes the stand: I used P2P and lied about it
Here's my recap of day four of the Joel Tenenbaum trial, cross-posted from Ars Technica : Accused of sharing 30 songs on the Internet, Joel Tenenbaum today admitted his liability in a federal courtroom, then told the court he told a "lie" in his earlier sworn responses. You used KaZaA to download music, right?” This is me. I did.”
Copyrights & Campaigns
- Thursday, July 30, 2009
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Labels again defend right to seek statutory damages in Tenenbaum case
As the brief's intro explains: Plaintiffs sued Defendant based on substantial evidence that Defendant used the KaZaA file sharing program to upload (distribute) more than 800 sound recordings—including many of Plaintiffs’ copyrighted sound recordings—to potentially millions of other users on the file sharing network. Eldred v. The People ).
Copyrights & Campaigns
- Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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The Jammie Thomas-Rasset verdict: Why?
Their testimony (which also established that the songs in the "tereastarr" Kazaa shared folder were downloaded, as opposed to being ripped from legitimately bought CDs), was essentially unchallenged by the defense. Here goes: my top three reasons why the plaintiffs won -- and won big (maybe too big). Douglas Jacobson. trial. The People.
Copyrights & Campaigns
- Monday, June 22, 2009
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