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UT Student’s Motion to Quash subpoena is denied in Virgin Records et al. v Does 1-3
On August 16, 2007, Doe No. 28 in the RIAA's action captioned Virgin Records America, Inc. et al. v. Does 1-33 filed a motion to squash the subpoena issued to the University of Tennessee on [...]
No more lines in the virtual sand – the Hew Griffiths case considered.
Back in 1999, my law clerk, J. Eric Crupi and I considered the topic of personal jurisdiction as applied to the Internet. In the resulting Law on the Row article, entitled "Lines in the Virtual [...]
Vanderbilt Students to receive a round of RIAA Letters
Fueled in part by its success in Virgin v. Thomas, the RIAA (on behalf of EMI Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group) issued a new round of pre-litigation letters [...]
Amazon to announce third quarter profits, including MP3 sales
Amazon.com, Inc. (Tickler Symbol: AMZN) will hold a conference call on October 23, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. ET to discuss its 2007 third quarter financial results. This announcement has tremendous relevance for those of us [...]
The Future of the Music Industry – the continuing dialogue
There is a very well written blog entry by McQuinn on the blog MCQESQ entitled The Future of the Music Industry. You can read the article in its entirety here, and it is well worth [...]
Thomas asked judge for new trial for damages
On Monday, Jammie Thomas’ attorney, Brian Toder, filed a motion asking that the judge set a new trial to determine damages or, in the alternative, for a remittitur. Thomas is the woman who was recently [...]
What is a work made for hire?
Section 101 of the United States Copyright Act defines work for hire at as follows: (1) a work prepared by an employee within the scope of his or her employment; or (2) a work [...]
Tricks of the Trade
The "Star Power" theory of damage reduction in copyright infringement actions Most consumers instantly recognize brand names such as Coca-Cola®, Nabisco®, Frito-Lay®, and Sony®. As a result of their prior purchasing experience with these brands, [...]
Holy Copyright, Batman! The Legal Doctrine of Scenes a Faire
This article originally appear in the print edition of Law on the Row, Volume 2, Issue 1 on September 9, 2002. Imagine two musical works written in a minor key using a standard jazz progression [...]
The Digital Lowdown: What’s a good deal?
The author, Steven Corn is the co-founder of Big Fish Media, a digital music distribution company working with all the major download music services like iTunes, eMusic and Napster. He is the author of the [...]
Jammie Thomas to appeal verdict in RIAA Litigation.
Imagine that you have a wireless network router in your home which you set up yourself. Also imagine that, because you are not computer saavy, you failed to establish a password for that router, or [...]
Jury awards RIAA $222,000 against Thomas: My thoughts on the verdict
Expecting a reasonable verdict from a jury of twelve men and women who are incapable of getting out of jury duty to analyze the intricacies of The Copyright Act as applied to the Internet is [...]
Mens Rea & Digital Activity
For a very reasoned commetary on the potential impact of Virgin v. Thomas on other Internet activity, read John Mahoney’s article entitled Forget File Sharing: the Internet is on Trial at his blog, The Digital [...]
Virgin v. Thomas: Sherman testimony not allowed; possible verdict today
In a blow to the Recording Industry Association of America, U.S. District Court judge Michael Davis ruled yesterday that the infamous president of the RIAA, Cary Sherman, could not testify in the trial of accused [...]
Minnesota Judge moves RIAA case swiftly
Judge Michael Davis is moving the case of Virgin Records, et al. v. Jammie Thomas (Case No. 06–cv-1497) along quickly, as the jury was impaneled at 9:30 and testimony began less than two hours later in [...]
Author of Law on the Row blog, Barry Shrum, publishes new book.
NASHVILLE, TN, AUGUST 5, 2012: Amazon’s CreateSpace and Shrum & [...]
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