EFF Takes on RIAA Lawsuit Strategy in Wednesday Court Hearing
EFF's Senior Staff Attorney Fred von Lohmann will argue at Wednesday's hearing that the RIAA cannot take this shortcut in its lawsuit campaign.
"This amounts to suing someone for attempted copyright infringement -- something the Copyright Act simply does not allow," said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Fred von Lohmann. "If the RIAA wants to keep bringing these suits and collecting big settlements, then they have to follow the law and prove their case. It's not enough to say the law could have been broken. The RIAA must prove it actually was broken."
WHAT:
Atlantic Records, et al. v. Howell
WHEN:
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
2pm
WHERE:
U.S. District Court
401 West Washington Street, Courtroom #504
Phoenix, AZ 85003-2118
For more about the case:
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/01/eff-files-brief-atlantic-v-howell-r...
For EFF's amicus brief:
http://www.eff.org/files/filenode/atlantic_v_howel/EFF_amicus_atlantic_h...
Contact:
Fred von Lohmann
Senior Intellectual Property Attorney
Electronic Frontier Foundation
fred@eff.org
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