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Prof. Nesson Ordered To Show Cause

Posted by kdawson on from the does-not-sound-good dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Professor Charles Nesson, the Harvard law professor serving pro bono as counsel to the defendant in SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, has been ordered to show cause why sanctions should not be issued against him for violating the Court's orders prohibiting reproduction of the court proceedings. The order to show cause was in furtherance of the RIAA's motion for sanctions and protective order, which we discussed here yesterday. The Judge indicated that she was 'deeply concerned' about Prof. Nesson's apparent 'blatant disregard' of her order."

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  1. Re:Too much detail by mcgrew · · Score: 3, Informative

    You have heard of the firehose, haven't you? You have a say.

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  2. Re:Listen to the MP3's by Lumpy · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hell with lynching plaintiffs. Time to lynch judges.

    More judges will stop being asshats if they realize the public will rise up and burn them in the courtyard.

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  3. Re:Too much detail by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    I disagree. This is a major issue, whether he gets sanctioned or not. At stake is whether the Judge can legally prevent him from posting a recording of a public proceeding.

    But that was decided long ago: Courts routinely restrict recordings of public proceedings, and it's quite legal. This is why courtroom sketch artists have such a long tradition.

    There's not some broad principle at stake. Whatever decision is made will be made specific to this one case.