Joel Tenenbaum

Joel Tenenbaum Owes the RIAA $675,000 -- Again

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:09:48 -0400

Full article: Ars Technica
Nate Anderson
Joel Tenenbaum, the Boston University student whose file-sharing proclivities got him sued by the major music labels, owes them $675,000 -- again.

Judge Slashes Penalty in Music Download Case

Stevie Converse — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:34:29 -0400

Full article: Reuters
A U.S. judge slashed the penalty levied by a jury against a Boston Ph.D. student found guilty in 2009 of illegally downloading and sharing songs published by some of the world's biggest recording companies.

Judge Reduces Fine in File-Sharer Case, Could Have Wide-Ranging Repercussions for Copyright Cases

Stevie Converse — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:22:45 -0400

Full article: Media Post
Wendy Davis
In a ruling that could put a crimp in content owners' attempts to convince downloaders to settle lawsuits, a federal judge in Boston has said it's unconstitutional to require a defendant who shared 30 tracks to pay damages of $675,000. Calling such an award "wholly out of proportion with the government's legitimate interests in compensating the plaintiffs and deterring unlawful file-sharing," U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Gertner reduced the damages to $67,500.

File-Sharing Judge: Copyright Act Creates 'Deep Potential for Injustice'

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:15:30 -0500

Full article: MediaPost
Wendy Davis
The federal judge who presided over the recent file-sharing lawsuit by the record labels against grad student Joel Tenenbaum has joined the roster of critics who are asking Congress to reform copyright law.

Ignorning RIAA Lawsuits Cheaper than Going to Trial

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:39:31 -0400

Full article: Ars Technica
Nate Anderson
The same federal judge who oversaw the Joel Tenenbaum file-sharing trial earlier this year passed out default judgments against other file-swappers who never bothered to show up -- and they now owe far less than Tenenbaum.

Jury Awards $675,000 in Music Downloading Case

Stevie Converse — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:54:37 -0400

Full article: eSchool News
A federal jury on July 31 ordered a Boston University graduate student who admitted illegally downloading and sharing music online to pay $675,000 to four record labels.

RIAA Wins $675,000, or $22,500 Per Song

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:36:34 -0400

Full article: Ars Technica
Ben Sheffner
A Boston federal jury has ordered Joel Tenenbaum to pay a total of $675,000 -- $22,500 per song -- to the major record labels for willfully infringing 30 songs by downloading and distributing them over the KaZaA peer-to-peer network.

Lawyers Argues for Live Coverage in Music Downloading Case

Stevie Converse — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:17:07 -0400

Full article: Boston Globe
Jonathan Saltzman
A Harvard Law School professor who is defending a Boston University graduate student accused of downloading music illegally urged a federal appeals court to allow live Internet coverage of a hearing in the lawsuit.

Justice Department Run by Former Content Industry Lawyers Sides with Content Industry

Stevie Converse — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:42:25 -0400

Full article: Public Knowledge
Michael Weinberg
In an early sign from the Justice Department that President Barack Obama's appointments of content industry lawyers have intervened in a case to argue that damages for noncommercial copyright infringement of between 2,100 and 415,000 times actual damages are constitutional and reasonable.

RIAA Fights Webcasting of P2P Trial

Stevie Converse — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:16:40 -0500

Full article: Broadband Reports
Karl Bode
Joel Tenenbaum is a Boston University graduate student, who faces up to $1 million in penalties for uploading seven songs from a file-sharing network back in 2005. The RIAA objected to today's scheduled webcasting of the Tenenbaum case's pretrial arguments. Why? RIAA is concerned that "tech-savvy individuals" could remix or manipulate the feed to make the RIAA look bad.