Comments on: Harvard Professor Takes on the RIAA

By: Raj

Raj — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:30:22 +0000

“District Judge Nancy Gertner of the U.S. Court for the District of Massachusetts issued electronic orders dismissing defendant Joel Tenenbaum’s counterclaims against all the plaintiffs and denying his bid to add the RIAA as a party to the counterclaims.”
The National Law Journal

Here’s my opinion on this:
It’s really sad, as the RIAA has once again prevailed in their quest to satisfy their greed and desire for power over an attempt at making the legal system actually work for the common person by making them (the RIAA) accountable to the system of due process (the police and federal law enforcement officials should be investigating and prosecuting people for laws violated, not them).
Along with the MPAA, they already benefit from the excessively long extensions to copyrights that Sonny Bono, Disney, and Jack Valenti pushed through Congress (a legal and perpetual form of corporate welfare) , and they can get the best laws passed in their interests that money can buy (through lobbying and other means, such as former Congressional staff attorney and lackey Mitch Glazer and the “Works made for hire” clause he inserted into copyright legislation).
If it could be done, I would say that people boycott all companies that belong to the RIAA (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_RIAA_member_labels for a listing). Hit them where it hurts, and let them know, through the only thing they understand, currency, that they cannot continue to have their way, that they are accountable to the world around them, but the vast majority of people won’t as they either don’t care about or are complacent with what’s going on.

By: RIAA Says Lawsuits Against File-Sharers “Not About the Money”

RIAA Says Lawsuits Against File-Sharers “Not About the Money” — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:33:44 +0000

[...] I reported on how Harvard Professor Charles Nesson, who is defending Joel Tenenbaum against charges that he illegally downloaded 7 songs back in 2004, wrote an op-ed piece decrying RIAA lawsuits [...]

By: Harvard Prof Calls RIAA Lawsuits “Unconstitutional Abuse of Law”

Harvard Prof Calls RIAA Lawsuits “Unconstitutional Abuse of Law” — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:15:07 +0000

[...] Professor Charles Nesson, who is defending Joel Tenenbaum against charges that he illegally downloaded 7 songs back in 2004, has written an article that gives his take on [...]

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:10:19 +0000

When a HARVARD law professor jumps into the fray the law school’s reputation is in the corner with him.”

Yeah, that’s the trouble.

Nesson is a loon, he’s already lost this case. And so the RIAA walk away from justice AGAIN.

By: Harvard Prof to RIAA: “P2P is Fair Use”

Harvard Prof to RIAA: “P2P is Fair Use” — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:39:18 +0000

[...] Law professor Charles Nesson is preparing a very interesting defense for Joel Tenenbaum who is accused of illegally downloading 7 songs back in 2004. He’s not going to argue that he didn’t [...]

By: Gamer8585

Gamer8585 — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Harvard is now involved. You know what that means:

It’s time for some ol’skool-jurispudence gangsta shit.

By: open_universe

open_universe — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Good. When a HARVARD law professor jumps into the fray the law school’s reputation is in the corner with him. This will also encourage other attorneys to take a stand against the RIAA.

By: soulxtc

soulxtc — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

@Open
I never though of it that way he does have the schools rep at stake and the best part is that he gets to use school resources i.e. students and class time to use towards fighting the music industry.

By: soulxtc

soulxtc — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

By: soulxtc

soulxtc — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000