Harvard Law School up against the RIAA

When Joel Tenenbaum first appeared in court on allegations of copyright infringement, he was defending himself. Up against a legion of lawyers representing the RIAA the odds for Tenenbaum seemed bleak – but the rules of the game have changed. The judge, who also denounced the way RIAA deals with its court cases, put Tenenbaum in touch with Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson. Nesson agreed to be Tenenbaum’s attorney, but the research and everything around the trial is handled by a group of his grad students.

The battle still has to be fought, but the defenders have already achieved something; after an appeal the case is now set to be approved for live-streaming over the Internet.

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