On Thursday, the Recording Industry Association of America will confront yet another university student in court over file sharing allegations. This time, though, the RIAA may have to do so in front of an unfriendly audience, as U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner has agreed to allow live online coverage of the hearing.
The Courtroom View Network is going to provide video to the So at the hearing, the RIAA's lawyers will have to walk some sort of line between trying to win their case, discourage file sharing, and not anger any of the music industry's remaining fans. We may get to see more of the tightrope act in the future, too. Even though only the January 22nd hearing has been taken into account so far, Judge Gertner acknowledged, "the Court will address any further "narrowcasting" should that be necessary . . ."
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