tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383512304639632735.post5759542222494119137..comments2024-01-23T07:34:52.253-08:00Comments on Copyrights & Campaigns: Crimson takes on Tenenbaum case; reveals Nesson's (aborted) plan to sue First Circuit judges for abuse of processBen Sheffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06477793715765992689noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383512304639632735.post-65509944270327694942009-05-14T05:01:00.000-07:002009-05-14T05:01:00.000-07:00We may just share a basic philosophical difference...We may just share a basic philosophical difference on the matter, but I believe any case that arouses the interest of a news organization is exactly the kind of case that should have no broadcast coverage. Inside the courtroom there is a singular purpose, that of ascertaining the truth. The judges, the juries, the counsel, etc. are not there to to entertain watchers or to satisfy the cravings of the curious. When you introduce cameras into the courtroom, you convert it into a stage where performance takes precedence over justice. What we have seen time and again through televised coverage is that lawyers and judges make terrible actors. And when they start playing to their contingencies watching, everything else gets lost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383512304639632735.post-58573420880034507092009-05-13T19:15:00.000-07:002009-05-13T19:15:00.000-07:00@ Anonymous 7:11:
You're certainly right that the...@ Anonymous 7:11:<br /><br />You're certainly right that the vast majority of cases aren't newsworthy enough to attract any coverage. But I don't see how that justifies banning cameras in those (relatively few) cases where a news organization *does* choose to cover the proceedings.Ben Sheffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06477793715765992689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383512304639632735.post-51362915107553509052009-05-13T19:11:00.000-07:002009-05-13T19:11:00.000-07:00If there was such a public demand to see and hear ...If there was such a public demand to see and hear cases, then CourtTV wouldn't have dropped its gavel-to-gavel trial coverage many years ago due to abyssmal ratings and revenue. If a commercial entity can't succeed in covering the trials of a generation (OJ, Menendez, etc.), why would anyone bother investing in the free broadcast of the doldrums of everyday civil trial life?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383512304639632735.post-19771531784652755442009-05-12T13:01:00.000-07:002009-05-12T13:01:00.000-07:00Taking product without paying for it is "fair."
U...Taking product without paying for it is "fair." <br />Using the law as it is written and the courts as they are intended to curtail this piracy is "unconstitutional."<br /><br />Clearly there are better places to study law than Harvard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383512304639632735.post-12672424718733729202009-05-12T07:12:00.000-07:002009-05-12T07:12:00.000-07:00c'mon now, we weren't really going to sue any judg...c'mon now, we weren't really going to sue any judges. the point was to focus my students on the lengths to which the first circuit went to shut down the public's ability to see and hear our case that the RIAA's litigation campaign is an unconstitutional abuse and that what joel did was fair.charlie nessonhttp://cyber.law.harvard.edu/eonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383512304639632735.post-71378904366835638612009-05-11T20:51:00.000-07:002009-05-11T20:51:00.000-07:00Good luck getting passed the judicial immunity of ...Good luck getting passed the judicial immunity of a judge acting in his or her official capacity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383512304639632735.post-38395557819041167642009-05-11T14:31:00.000-07:002009-05-11T14:31:00.000-07:00If he sues the judges then he has more balls than ...If he sues the judges then he has more balls than brains.themaskedanalysthttp://www.themaskedanalyst.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383512304639632735.post-73325646940517172282009-05-11T09:54:00.000-07:002009-05-11T09:54:00.000-07:00Christian Flow is a great name for a boring rapper...Christian Flow is a great name for a boring rapper.Mel Gibson's Prenuphttp://www.hotmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383512304639632735.post-64116645948223105222009-05-11T09:37:00.000-07:002009-05-11T09:37:00.000-07:00Wait . . . fair use isn't a jury issue.Wait . . . fair use isn't a jury issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383512304639632735.post-5679658059900175992009-05-10T14:41:00.000-07:002009-05-10T14:41:00.000-07:00Not literally -- it's pretty clear from the contex...Not literally -- it's pretty clear from the context that Flow had permission to attend the team meeting.Ben Sheffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06477793715765992689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383512304639632735.post-91059599903151305462009-05-10T10:46:00.000-07:002009-05-10T10:46:00.000-07:00"infiltrate", huh?"infiltrate", huh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com