RIAA Hearing Next Week Will Be Televised

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "One commentator labels it 'another fly in the RIAA's ointment.' In SONY BMG Music v. Tenenbaum, the Boston, Massachusetts, RIAA case in which the defendant is represented by Harvard law professor Charles Nesson and a group of his students, the Judge has ruled that the hearing scheduled for January 22nd will be televised over the Internet. The hearing will relate to Mr. Tenenbaum's counterclaims against the record companies and against the RIAA. In her 11-page opinion (PDF), District Judge Nancy Gertner labeled as 'curious' the record companies' opposition to televising the proceedings, since their professed reason for bringing the cases is deterrence, 'a strategy [which] effectively relies on the publicity arising from this litigation'."

Comments

Televised in the INTERNET

[mcgrew]

Fitting. I wonder when the torrents of the stream will be available?

I can't wait to download the video...

[ivanmarsh]

Can I assume it will be available through bit-torrent?

Re:Terminology

[commodore64_love]

Theft of labor is still theft. If somebody spends their day tilling the cotton fields..... ooops, I mean composing the music performances, and you take that product w/o payment, you've stolen their labor, which is a human rights violation.