Boston
– A federal court has ordered attorney and Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson
to pay $2,249 in attorneys’ fees to the major record label who sued his client,
student Joel Tenenbaum, for copyright infringement on a file-sharing
network, the Recording Industry vs The People blog reports.
The court already
found Tenenbaum guilty and ordered him to pay $675,000 in damages; in January,
Tenebaum’s attorneys petitioned the court for a new trial.
The case at hand
concerned Nesson’s failure to produce certain items requested during the
discovery portion of the file-sharing lawsuit.
Plaintiff Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG said it was then
forced to file a motion to compel production of the items, and sued Nesson for
the attorney’s fees related to filing that motion.
Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/v5byf
(Recording Industry vs The People)
http://snipurl.com/v5c8h
(Ars Technica)
Now if the record companies could explain the math of how 27 songs are worth $675,000….
obviously, the whole shooting match is completely out of whack. duh.
Really interesting news but finally federal court has done a great judgement.
Now if the record companies could explain the math of how 27 songs are worth $675,000….
obviously, the whole shooting match is completely out of whack. duh.
Can someone update me with the case discussed above and what was the final verdict. I find it unbelievable that a bunch of songs are $675,000 !!
There’s a complete list of the legal filings here: http://beckermanlegal.com/pdf/?file=/Documents.htm&s=SONY_v_Tenenbaum
The case is still working its way through the system. The most recent appeal can be read here: http://beckermanlegal.com/pdf/?file=/Lawyer_Copyright_Internet_Law/sony_tenenbaum_111102MotRehearingInBanc.pdf