Submission + - RIAA vs Noor Alaujan, who's defending herself
newtley writes: "It's virtually unheard of for a judge to request an amicus brief. But in 2004 noted liberal activist judge Nancy Gertner did so in Capitol Records vs Noor Alaujan, with Harvard Law School's Berkman Center responding. Equally unusually, briefs were handed in by the Motion Picture Association of America and a group comprising musician and songwriters' societies. Now in the Alaujan case, judge Gertner has denied the RIAA demand for Summary Judgment, ruling it served notices to admit prematurely. "I've never had a situation like this before, where there are powerful plaintiffs and powerful lawyers on one side and then a whole slew of ordinary folks on the other side," said Gertner of other RIAA lawsuits at the time."