Judge Denies New Request To Broadcast RIAA Trial. Harvard Team Fights On
“I have circulated your request to my colleagues and received their responses,” wrote Chief Judge Mark Wolf in an e-mail to Nesson. “The District Court has decided not to take any action on the expedited basis that you request." It is unclear if the judges will rule later, but with the trial scheduled for April 30th, Nesson is now asking the court to reschedule. "It is in this hearing that Joel’s Constitutional claims will be considered, and it is only right that the public have a right ‘to see and to hear’ as per its own Constitutional right,” Nesson wrote to the court.
“The public opinion is overwhelmingly in favor of a public webcast of the trial even in spite of differing opinions on file-sharing,” the students on the self-named Joel Fights Back team said in a statement. "Between comments on blogs and a petition circulating, we are amazed at the support for this issue.”