1st Circuit to Hear Arguments Over Webcasting Illegal Downloading Case

brThe 1st Circuit expects a big crowd today for arguments in a suit involving a student accused of illegally downloading songs. The case’s merits will not be at issue; instead, lawyers will be arguing about whether a federal judge overstepped her authority when she granted Courtroom View Network permission to webcast proceedings in the case. Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson, who is defending Boston University student Joel Tenenbaum, asked the court to allow the webcast while the recording industry has opposed it. a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202429735871rss=newswire’Continue…/abr