RIAA's $222k Verdict Is Likely To Be Set Aside

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Apparently the RIAA's 'big gun' didn't fare so well this morning in Duluth, when he tried to persuade the judge in Capitol v. Thomas that the part of the Copyright Act which says 'by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending', can be disregarded. According to an in-person account by Wired.com the Judge indicated that he is likely to grant a mistrial, setting aside the $222,000 jury verdict based upon his incorrect jury instruction, and that he will probably hand down his decision in September. Just yesterday some of the same lawyers got rebuffed by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in their attempt to argue that Cablevision's online storage for its customers constitutes a copyright infringement, in Cartoon Network v. CSC Holdings. There, too, the content owners had argued that the wording of the Copyright Act did not mean what it said. There, too, the Court politely but firmly disagreed."

Comments

Re:lucky for her, really

[shentino]

If MediaSentry hacked her to frame her, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised.

R3 got DoS'ed by them, after all.

Re:lucky for her, really

[mooingyak]

I'm no fan of the RIAA, but I like my toast to come out of the toaster before it's burnt.
Sure I don't like their heavy handed methods, but my next door neighbor has a gigantic dog that actually outmasses me.

I just want to mess with your statistics on this one :)