Sunday, April 05, 2009

Oral argument on video streaming of lower court oral argument to take place Weds April 8th in SONY v. Tenenbaum

Reminder that the oral argument in the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, in SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, on the subject of whether a lower court oral argument can be broadcast, will take place on Wednesday, April 8th, at 9:00 A.M., at the federal courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts.

Update 4/9/9: "MP3 File of First Circuit oral argument in SONY v. Tenenbaum now available online"

January 14, 2009, Order and Decision Granting Internet Television Access to January 22nd Oral Arguments
Petition for Writ of Mandamus or Prohibition
Motion for expedited consideration or stay
Case Opening Notice
January 21, 2009, order fixing briefing schedule
Amicus Curiae brief of Electronic Frontier Foundation, Public.Resource.org, Media Access Project, Internet Archive, Free Press, California First Amendment Coalition, and Ben Sheffner
Amicus Curiae Brief of Associated Press, New York Times, Courtroom Television Network, Dow Jones & Co., Gannett Co. Inc., The Hearst Corp., Incisive Media, National Public Radio, NBC Universal Inc., Radio-Television News Directors Association, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, The E.W. Scripps Co., Tribune Co., and Washington Post Digital
Opposition Brief of Joel Tenenbaum
Amicus curiae brief of CVN
RIAA Reply Brief
Order denying motion to submit amicus brief of AP, NYT, Washington Post, and other news organizations
Order granting motion to submit amicus brief by Electronic Frontier Foundation and other organizations
Order granting motion to submit amicus brief by Courtroom View Network
Order staying proceedings in part
Order scheduling April 7, 2009, oral argument in US Court of Appeals for First Circuit
February 20, 2009, Order of US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
First Circuit Notice of Argument
Defendant's Supplemental Brief
RIAA supplemental brief

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

The order says that the oral argument is to take place April 7th not the 8th. HAS there been a change in the scheduling?

(Order scheduling April 7, 2009, oral argument in US Court of Appeals for First Circuit)

TomasG

raybeckerman said...

Yes the subsequent "Notice of Argument" rescheduled it for April 8th.

Anonymous said...

Ah! Thanks. Missed that.

TomasG

Alter_Fritz said...

Update:
Ray wrote:"The audio of the April 8th oral argument before the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, on the subject of whether an oral argument in the District Court can be streamed online, is now available online, for playing or for downloading.

http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html#375175641052971671

http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/files/audio/09-1090.mp3 (22571468 bytes)


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