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...Recording Industry Association of America has requested that Joel Tenenbaum, the Boston University graduate student convicted of illegal file-sharing, be slapped with an injunction for allegedly inciting file-sharing activities through online mediums...
...Despite the setback, Nesson denied that the outcome of Tenenbaum's trial presented a significant setback to the effort to change digital copyright laws...
...Counsel for the plaintiffs, by contrast, presented a methodical run-through of the facts, bolstered by expert testimony that the files in question had been downloaded on Tenenbaum's computer and that illegal file-sharing had caused a precipitous decline in the revenues of the recording industry...
...While wryly acknowledging Nesson's appeal, calling him an "eloquent speaker," RIAA attorney Timothy M. Reynolds argued that the "size and scope" of Tenenbaum's file-sharing constituted a willful violation of copyright laws, referring to him throughout the closing statement as simply "the defendant...
Reynolds emphasized that Tenenbaum never apologized for his actions, contradicted his deposition while testifying, and suggested that others may have been responsible for the music files found on his computer...