RIAA Seeks Web Removal of Courtroom Audio

suraj.sun writes to tell us that the RIAA has asked a federal judge to order the removal of what they are calling "unauthorized and illegal recordings" by Harvard University's Charles Nesson of pretrial hearings and depositions in a file-sharing lawsuit. "The case concerns former Boston University student Joel Tenenbaum, who Nesson is defending in an RIAA civil lawsuit accusing him of file-sharing copyrighted music. Jury selection is scheduled in three weeks, in what is shaping up to be the RIAA's second of about 30,000 cases against individuals to reach trial. The labels, represented by the RIAA, on Monday cited a series of examples in which they accuse Nesson of violating court orders and privacy laws by posting audio to his blog or to the Berkman site."

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Dear RIAA defendants,

[WiglyWorm]

We are all very grateful that you have the guts to stick up to the *IAA and put copyright laws under scrutiny. I truly believe that the more of these go to court, the more likely we are to see copyright reform that favors the people, because these suits and those arguing them tend to do a good job of getting in to the press just how absurd copyright law can be.

That being said, can you please all drop the crusader attitude for just a second? Perhaps you could start by not commiting felonies in contempt of the proceedings against you. I doubt you have the money to follow that felony case through to the supreme court, and in the mean time, you're only going to disenfranchise yourself to the jury and public at large.

Can we please get some defendants who are willing to act like an average citizen for the duration of their suit before going back to being a raging crusader? Think of it as taking on a secret identity to help your cause. You might actually win if you don't look like a complete social misfit to the jury.

Thanks,

WiglyWorm

Re:RIAA is right on this one.

[Anonymous Coward]

Are you retarded? No really. Do you have some sort of cognitive deficiency that prevents your brain from functioning at a high level? That's the only conclusion I can draw from your statement. Either that or public schools have slid do far downhill that any measure of critical thought is discouraged.

Try it. Think critically about your own statement. Think about the huge depth and scope of situations that might occur in a courtroom. Then think if your statement is still a reasonable one.

Re:RIAA is right on this one.

[Dogun]

Quoting crazy people who live in the boonies and drink their own urine because they're too good for the rest of society is well and good, but original thought has its benefits as well.