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| RIAA Gives Up In Atlantic Recording v. Brennan |
| from the wasn't-one-of-the-ghostbusters-named-ray? dept. |
| posted by timothy on Friday January 09, @08:07 (The Courts) |
| http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/09/022236 |
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[0]NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In [1]Atlantic Recording v. Brennan, the
landmark Connecticut case in which [2]the first decision rejecting the
RIAA's 'making available' theory was handed down, the RIAA has finally
[3]thrown in the towel and dismissed its own case. Mr. Brennan never
appeared in the case at all. In February, 2008, the RIAA's motion for a
default judgment was rejected for a number of reasons, including [4]the
Court's ruling (PDF) that there is no claim for 'making available for
distribution' under the US Copyright Act. The RIAA moved for
reconsideration; that motion was denied. Then, in December, the RIAA's
second motion for default judgment was rejected. Finally the RIAA filed a
'notice of dismissal' ending the case."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/01/09/022236
Links:
0. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/
1.
http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007/01/index-of-litigation-documents.html#Atlantic_v_Brennan
2. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/25/1952222&tid=123
3.
http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html#6983596722040099050
4.
http://beckermanlegal.com/pdf/?file=/Lawyer_Copyright_Internet_Law/atlantic_brennan_080213OrderDenyDefaultJudgment.pdf
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