Quick words on Sony v. Tenenbaum

The case of Sony BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbuam has been quite the legal curiosity for those of us who follow the RIAA lawsuits. There’s lots to learn from a case like this, not necessarily in terms of its professionalism or legal practice standards (those that know far more than me say this is a far cry from a hallmark case), but in the actions of its cast of characters. This lawsuit, one way or another, has brought in every legal mind in this field, on both sides of the issue. And everyone is writing about it. A lot. I suspect that this will be the case people will remember when the story of the RIAA lawsuits gets written up some years from now.

Charles Nesson, a Harvard Law Professor and longtime legal guru, now heads the case for the defense. He also founded and does extensive work at the Berkman Center at Harvard. I will be working this summer at Berkman. I know a lot of you have asked me to write on this case, and while that does a whole lot to inflate my ego, I think it would be better in light of my perceived conflict of interest to instead link out to others for now. I’ll bring you news as it comes forth, but for now I leave the discussion to others. Thanks for understanding.

Here’s who I have been reading to stay abreast of this:

- Recording Industry vs. The People (Ray Beckerman)
- Joel Fights Back
- eon (Charles Nesson)
- CyberOne
- Copyrights & Campaigns (Ben Sheffner)
- Excess Copyright (Howard Knopf)
- Twitter user CopyrightLaw (Michael Scott)
- Corante Copyfight blog (Alan Wexelblat)
- Slashdot YRO
- Groklaw