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MP3 of RIAA Argument Available Online

Posted by timothy on from the topping-playlists-everywhere dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Download this: an MP3 file of the hearing in the First Circuit Court of Appeals, over whether a lower court proceeding in an RIAA case can be made available online, is now available online. The irony of course is palpable, not only because a court which freely makes its proceedings available across the internet is being asked by the RIAA, in SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, to prevent the district court from making similar proceedings available across the internet, but also because the end product is an MP3 file which can be freely downloaded, shared by email, shared through p2p file sharing, and even 'remixed.' The legal arguments focused on relatively narrow issues: the interpretation of a rule enacted in the District Court of Massachusetts, and the legal effect of a resolution by the First Circuit Judicial Council, rather than on broader First Amendment grounds."

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  1. New torrent, both files by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Another torrent here; contains both original and edited files:

    http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4836368/SONY_BMG_Music_Entertainment_v._Tenenbaum

  2. Re:PLEASE, I BEG YOU... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Put a torrent of this on The Pirate Bay! I can't think of a more fitting venue...

    torrent 1
    torrent 2

  3. Here is the relevant law by mdmkolbe · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you was to see the text they are debating see section 83.3 in Local Rules of the United States District for the District of Massachusetts.

  4. Re:In MP3 format, so what? by NewYorkCountryLawyer · · Score: 2, Informative

    The MP3 is the format that's being served up by the government's website.
    The reason the format is mentioned in the article so prominently is the irony, as I stated above.

    Exactly, Chabo.

    This is a lawsuit meant to restrict the sharing of MP3's online.

    This is a petition, within that lawsuit, to try and prevent making an oral argument in that lawsuit available online.

    And the Court making the determination (a) makes its own oral arguments available online, and (b) the format in which it chooses to do so is MP3's, which are freely shareable, and even remixable. This oral argument could wind up as the soundtrack for some anti-RIAA movies on YouTube.

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    Ray Beckerman +5 Insightful
  5. Re:Paging all nerdy internet DJs by NewYorkCountryLawyer · · Score: 2, Informative

    Someone needs to heavily sample this and mix it into some house music, stat! If you think the RIAA is going nuts now just wait until that shows up on P2P.

    I am looking forward to some of that creative workmanship, and will link to it on my blog.

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    Ray Beckerman +5 Insightful