I resend a notice from Fred Benenson, head of NYU Free Culture Club. The notice of this important action at law is appended.
Personal Note: Listening to and seeing such a case argued before a judge is seldom boring. If you go you will likely be astonished at more than one thing. Appearing at court to listen, and to learn, is important. It is also important that we show up so that the other side knows that we will not lose this engagement by default. Speak to reporters. Reporters are usually intelligent and usually want to learn, but often they are remarkably ignorant. A careful clarity of expression, and a gentle stroking of the flanks, will sometimes loosen a bit the grip of The Official Story on the mind of the reporter. Jay Sulzberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Corresponding Secretary LXNY LXNY is New York's Free Computing Organization. http://www.lxny.org <blockquote what="notice of time and date of court action"> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:53:59 -0400 From: "Fred Benenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Free Culture @ NYU's list serv" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [free-culture] Google v. Viacom Tomorrow Reply-To: "Fred Benenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Free Culture @ NYU, So one of the benefits of living in a self-proclaimed democracy is that at least some of the court trials are mostly open to the public. That means that when Viacom sues Google for ONE BILLION DOLLARS over YouTube's "infinite amount of infringement" we're allowed to sit in on all the court room antics. I attended the first (and last, as far as I can tell) hearing and it was a scheduling hearing. Despite a stern warning from my lawyer friends that the hearing would be immensely boring, I really enjoyed it. The two sides ended up getting into their arguments in a very inappropriate and entertaining way. Now, I have no idea whether tomorrow will have the same kind of fireworks, but I am certainly intending on being there. There were mostly reporters and lawyers (especially one lawyer who kept on sneering when Google would say stuff like "How are we supposed to take responsibility for an 'infinite amount of infringement?'") last time and I felt a little out of place with a t-shirt, so you might consider wearing something nice if you don't want to feel awkward. Anyway, here's the information: Google v. Viacom <http://news.justia.com/cases/337988/> 4pm, Friday October 26th 2007 Room 21C Judge Louis L. Stanton United States Courthouse 500 Pearl Street<http://www.justia.com/us-states/new-york/courts/southern/district_court/main-office.html> New York, NY 10007-1312*Phone:* 212-805-0136 If anyone wants to meet up, I'll be outside (or maybe in the lobby if its really going to rain) around 3:30. Best, Fred Benenson President, Free Culture @ NYU </blockquote> _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.isoc-ny.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
