Filesharing Trial Begins
A second major filesharing trial is getting underway in Boston, MA.
Little over one month has passed since a jury handed Jammie Thomas-Rasset a $2 million verdict. Today, 25-year old grad student Joel Tenenbaum finds himself in court to defend allegations that he used Kazaa to download and distribute 30 songs without permission.
The trial begins at 9AM and is expected to last until 4-5PM EST. The judge hopes to wrap up by July 31st.
For those wishing to stay updated, several commentators and bloggers will be onhand, twittering throughout the proceedings. These include Ben Sheffner, Marc Bourgeois, and the Joel Tenenbaum defense team.
It should prove to be an interesting trial. Both sides have been arguing more substantial points about filesharing in general then what was seen in the Thomas-Rasset trial. And when Harvard law professor Charles Nesson joined the defense team, the pretrial proceedings took on an almost circus-esque tone.
For background and details of what has been going on in the weeks and months prior to the trial, I highly recommend the following sites:
Copyrights and Campaigns author Ben Sheffner will also be posting daily dispatches of the trial at Ars Technica. Once the trial concludes, I will post up my own thoughts and analysis.
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