RIAA Asks Judge to Sanction Harvard P2P Lawyer

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 7, 2009 - 8:53am.

Boston - The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has asked a federal court judge to sanction the attorney representing a defendant accused of illegal file-sharing, over his posting "unauthorized and illegal" recordings of pretrial court proceedings, Wired.com reported.

"Enough is enough. For the past five months, this court has repeatedly warned defense counsel regarding his insistence on engaging unauthorized and illegal recordings of counsel and proceedings in this case," wrote RIAA attorney Daniel Cloherty.

The RIAA alleges that Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson, who is representing accused file-swapper Joel Tenenbaum, broke the law by surreptitiously recording conversations between attorneys involved in the case, and making recordings without the consent of all participants.

"I certainly don't agree that I am violating any law," Nesson told Wired.com.

"That is so outrageously unconstitutional that I would prefer myself to honor the United States Constitution and take my chances that recording a conversation with a judge in a federal case and opposing lawyers is somehow in violation of a Massachusetts statute that makes me a felon."

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