Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Supreme Court asks RIAA to respond to petition for certiorari in Maverick v Harper

In Maverick Recording Co v. Harper, the US Supreme Court has asked the RIAA to submit a response to the petition for certiorari, according to this report in p2pnet.

The RIAA had initially waived its right to respond.

This is the case in which the 5th Circuit had held that the innocent infringement defense is barred as a matter of law, even if the infringed copy bears no copyright notice, any time the recording in question has corresponding copies on sale in record stores which do bear a copyright notice.

[Ed. note. The 5th Circuit's ruling was ludicrous, and deserves to be unceremoniously reversed. The Supreme Court's request for a response from the RIAA at this juncture suggests that the high court has picked up on the 5th Circuit's flagrant mistake. -R.B.]



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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Trial date changed to November 1st in Capitol Records v Thomas-Rasset

In Capitol Records v. Thomas-Rasset, the trial date has been changed to November 1st.

Order setting November 1st trial date



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Friday, September 03, 2010

Dept of Justice Joins in and files Appeal in SONY v Tenenbaum

In SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, the US Department of Justice, which intervened in the proceedings below, has filed a notice of appeal.

Notice of Appeal by DOJ



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