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Entire Transcript of RIAA's Only Trial Now Online
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The entire transcript of the RIAA's 'perfect storm,' its first and only trial, which resulted in a $222,000 verdict in a case involving 24 MP3's having a retail value of $23.76, is now available online. After over a year of trying, we have finally obtained the transcript of the Duluth, Minnesota, jury trial which took place October 2, 2007, to October 4, 2007, in Capitol Records v. Thomas. Its 643 pages represent a treasure trove for (a) lawyers representing defendants in other RIAA cases, (b) technologists anxious to see how a MediaSentry investigator and the RIAA's expert witness combined to convince the jurors that the RIAA had proved its case, and (c) anybody interested in finding out about such things as the early-morning October 4th argument in which the RIAA lawyer convinced the judge to make the mistake which forced him to eventually vacate the jury's verdict, and the testimony of SONY BMG's Jennifer Pariser in which she 'misspoke' according to the RIAA's Cary Sherman when she testified under oath that making a copy from one's CD to one's computer is 'stealing.' The transcript was a gift from the 'Joel Fights Back Against RIAA' team defending SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, in Boston, Massachusetts. I have the transcript in 3 segments: October 2nd (278 pages(PDF), October 3rd (263 pages)(PDF), and October 4th (100 pages)(PDF)."
is going to RTFETRIAAOT.
Just think... The computer that you're using might be worth a million dollars, maybe 20 millions dollars if you download a lot of music. How does it feel to have a million dollars worth of product sitting next to you? Probably not as nice as if a solid gold bar were sitting there, but still, it's the same.. You are a millionaire. Go tell your friends that you're computer is worth 7 figures... cherish it, stroke it... oil it down and rub it for comfort.. until it glistens and shimmers like diamonds.
Dear Mr Beckerman,
This trial transcirpt is an absolutely fascinating resource. As a lawyer myself, it provides me with plenty of things to think about.
I was simply hoping to ask you what you think of the Plaintiffs' lawyers. In England (where I practise) there is no concept of lawyers (or barristers, anyway) identifying with the case they seek to advance. On Slashdot, I have seen your disregard, to put it mildy, for the lawyers representing the RIAA.
My questions are these. To what extent do you think that the RIAA's representatives believe the case that they advance? To what extent do you think that matters? Do you think that they are bad people or poor counsel for advancing that case?
And then on a different tack, when one is dealing with litigants in person in a case that might have national repercussions, how can one deal effectively with those defendants if you have no confidence in their willingness to abide by confidentiality agreements and every fear that they will post the details on the internet?
Kind regards,
Tom
Its way too long for me. Can someone sumarize please using the medium of dance.
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
Wonder what they would have to say if I started seeding this on a bit torrent client.
Is it okay if your camcorder recording includes the anti-piracy notice?
Like this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d82Lq2rVB_4
I don't go to theaters much anymore, but I've promised myself that if I ever do see one of these commercials I'm going to loudly sing "Yo Ho! Yo Ho! A pirate's life for me!" which is both on-topic and as a public performance is a copyright violation in and of itself.
Would anyone care to make an audio book out of this?
I'm curious about the content (I like learning how things work), but don't want to wade through that many pages. On the other hand, if I could listen to it in the background while I'm doing something else ...
Well, at $15/album, my ~1,500 album library would only have cost me $22,500. Of course a lot of these were purchased used, so that drives it down a lot. It's probably more like $5,000 total, which is still a hell of a lot of money.
Anyway, nobody should have to justify any damned thing to the thieves and liars running the RIAA. In fact, I want a 320gb iPod so I can have my entire library in lossless quality with me wherever I go. If the RIAA doesn't like that, they can suck my tiny dick (hey, you didn't think that huge library wasn't compensating for something, did you?).
I'd like to return all of my music for refunds at the riaa's going rate!
2. For awhile the court reporter was on maternity leave. I don't know about other delays.
Do you think the RIAA where involved with getting her pregnant? A cunning plan to delay the release of the transcripts...