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Charles Nesson Ruled Jointly Liable To Pay RIAA

Posted by timothy on from the that-limb-looks-awfully-thin-professor dept.

eldavojohn writes "The highly anticipated Joel Tenenbaum trial ended in a disaster for Tenenbaum. But worse for his highly publicized lawyer, Charles Nesson, they are both liable for payment of the court's decision to the RIAA. Nesson's pro bono agreement with Tenenbaum may turn out to be a seriously expensive experiment for the Harvard Law Professor." As the Ars story points out, though, it's "some fees incurred by the RIAA during the trial" for which he'd be liable, not the whole judgment amount.

5 of 207 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Good and bad. by Moonrazor · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ok, time for you to go back to your Judge Dredd comics and leave the sensible talking for the adults here.......

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  2. Re:Good and bad. by h4rr4r · · Score: 1, Troll

    Who modded this idiot up?

    You should be ashamed of yourself and the parent for even having such a stupid idea.

  3. Re:Good and bad. by donaggie03 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Like O.J.!!

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  4. Re:Act like an asshole toward the court, pay for i by snowgirl · · Score: 0, Troll

    I wonder if NewYorkCountryLawyer will finally stop harping on the question that no one proved distribution... at the very least, the lawyer obviously distributed the copyrighted material in violation of the law...

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  5. Re:Good and bad. by tehcyder · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you're charged with a crime you're entitled to a court appointed lawyer, and at the end of the case you get to make payments on the bill regardless the outcome or validity of the charges most of the time. If you fail to repay the debt, you get spend time in jail.

    Good to see the old free market system working for the benefit of society, as usual.

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