Judge Rules No Webcasts Of Tenenbaum Case

Music companies suing music downloader Joel Tenenbaum of Harvard University for copyright infringement won the right to block webcasts of the court proceedings, according to a copy of the opinion available here. The case has attracted national attention for its challenge to the unpopular music industry practice of suing citizens for unauthorised content downloading. Music companies objected after the Massachusetts court permitted webcasts due to the public interest in the case, according to the opinion.