Wednesday, March 14, 2012

RIAA opposes dismissal motions in Arista v Escape Media (Grooveshark)

In Arista Music v. Escape Media (Grooveshark), the RIAA has filed its memoranda of law opposing the defendants' dismissal motions.

Plaintiffs' memorandum of law in opposition to motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim
Plaintiffs' memorandum of law in opposition to Greenberg motion dismiss on jurisdictional grounds
Plaintiffs' memorandum of law in opposition to Westermann Clark motion to dismiss on jurisdictional grounds



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My talk in Boston March 20th

Here is the announcement by the Copyright Society of the USA:

Upcoming events:
Date: March 20, 2012
Title: CAPITOL RECORDS v. REDIGI and THE FIRST SALE DOCTRINE
Location: NEW ENGLAND LAW/BOSTON 154 Stuart Street, Boston, MA ROOM 501 Time: 4:00PM


Description: Ray Beckerman’s firm is defending ReDigi, Inc., a Cambridge-based tech startup which provides its users with online cloud storage and a digital music marketplace for select song files, in Capitol Regords v. ReDigi. The action was commenced on January 6th, and Capitol Records’ motionfor preliminary injunction was denied on February 6th. The case involves the question of whether digital music files are, in the first place, subject to the Copyright Act’s “distribution right”, and if so whether under the circumstances presented by ReDigi’s technology and business methods are nevertheless subject to the “copyright exhaustion” and “first sale” exceptions to the distribution right, which attach to the resale of a single, particular copy as to which the copyright owner has already received its compensation on the “first sale”.

Flyer (PDF)

Lexis Nexis announcement

New England Law School announcement

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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

March 20th talk at New England Law in Boston cohosted by Copyright Society of USA New England chapter

CAPITOL RECORDS v. REDIGI and THE FIRST SALE DOCTRINE
                                 A presentation by Ray Beckerman, Esq. of Ray Beckerman, PC
                                                 March 20, 2012 4 pm – 6 pm
                           
                                             NEW ENGLAND LAW/BOSTON  
                                                 154 Stuart Street, Boston, MA
                                                             ROOM 501

                                                            presented by
                                   The Entertainment and Sports Law Organization and Intellectual
                                   Property Law Association of New England Law/Boston
                                                          in connection with
                         THE COPYRIGHT SOCIETY OF THE USA/New England Chapter
                                          Patti Jones, Esq.  and Lucy Lovrien, Esq. Co-Chairs
                               

Ray Beckerman’s firm is defending ReDigi, Inc., a Cambridge-based tech startup which provides its users with online cloud storage and a digital music marketplace for select song files, in Capitol Regords v. ReDigi. The action was commenced on January 6th, and Capitol Records’ motion for preliminary injunction was denied on February 6th. The case involves the question of whether digital music files are, in the first place, subject to the Copyright Act’s “distribution right”, and if so whether under the circumstances presented by ReDigi’s technology and business methods are nevertheless subject to  the “copyright exhaustion” and “first sale” exceptions to the distribution right, which attach to the resale of a single, particular copy as to which the copyright owner has already received its compensation on the “first sale”.

 Google, recognizing the importance of the case, sought leave to submit an amicus curiae brief in support of ReDigi’s position in connection with the preliminary injunction motion, but the Judge denied permission.

Ray is associated with Ray Beckerman, PC, in Forest Hills, Queens,in New York City, where he works side by side with his colleague Ty Rogers. He is a veteran commercial litigator, and the author of the popular internet law blog, “Recording Industry vs. The People”. He is known as “NewYorkCountryLawyer” on slashdot.org and as @raybeckerman on Twitter.

Ray attended law school at night, at St. John’s University School of Law, while

An Introduction to the First Sale Doctrine will be presented by Professor Russell VerSteeg of New England Law/Boston.

ALSO SEE:            Capitol Records v ReDigi   and www.csusa.org   



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Saturday, March 03, 2012

Michael Robertson moves for summary judgment on personal jurisdiction in Capitol v MP3Tunes

In Capitol Records v. MP3Tunes, individual defendant Michael Robertson has moved for summary judgment dismissing the case on grounds of lack of personal jurisdiction.

Memorandum of law in support of defendant Robertson's motion for summary judgment on jurisdictional grounds

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Friday, March 02, 2012

WNET v. Aereo, copyright infringement case brought by TV broadcasters against Aero, Inc

A new case has been commenced by television broadcasters against Aereo, Inc., alleging that Aereo is an unlicensed service which plans to retransmit plaintiffs' television programs over the internet.

Complaint

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Thursday, March 01, 2012

Interlocutory appeal dismissed in Capitol Records v MP3 Tunes

In Capitol Records v. MP3Tunes, an interlocutory appeal by several of the defendants has been dismissed.

Order dismissing appeal

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