[Infowarrior] - RIAA: Judge Holds "Making Available" is a "Distribution"

[Richard Forno]

Friday, August 24, 2007
 
Pro Se Defendant Loses to RIAA in Atlantic v. Howell in Arizona, Judge Holds
"Making Available" is a "Distribution"

In Atlantic v. Howell, a case against a pro se defendant in Arizona, the
judge ruled in favor the RIAA and concluded that "making available" is in
and of itself a copyright infringement.

This is the second time of which we are aware in which, in the context of a
summary judgment motion against a pro se litigant, a judge has stated that
merely "making available" is in and of itself a copyright infringement. The
first was Motown v. DePietro in Philadelphia, where the RIAA's summary
judgment motion was nevertheless denied.

http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007/08/pro-se-defendant-loses
-to-riaa-in.html