Did Lenz Waive Attorney-Client Privelege In Talking About Her Dancing Baby Case?
from the that-seems-unfortunate dept
We just recently spoke about the latest filings in Stephanie Lenz's lawsuit against Universal Music for issuing a takedown for her video of her toddler dancing to 29-seconds of a Prince song. A court has already declared that Universal Music should take fair use into account, but Universal Music is now claiming that it did take fair use into account, and it did not believe that the use of the music in this video was fair use:The EFF, in response, is asking the court to overturn that ruling, stating that Lenz's public comments covered public information and did not amount to a waiver of attorney-client privilege. You can see the EFF's full response after the jump. No matter which side of the case you support, this is a separate and important issue. Talking about some aspects of your case online should not mean you waive your attorney-client privileges on communications. We should encourage public discussion of important aspects of legal cases, not totally scare off participants by thinking they could lose such important protections as attorney-client privilege if they talk too much.
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Filed Under: attorney client privelege, stephanie lenz
Companies: eff, universal music
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Mike Masnick, JD
I'm going to spare an actual response to this because you can't be this dumb. Seriously.
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I love it when folks like you just toss out an insult because you can't actually come up with a response.
Please, do let us know, why talking about one aspect of a case, should mean a waiver of attorney-client privilege on additional communications. Since I'm so dumb, why not educate us, rather than insult us?
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That's just this case.
Now how about every other case in which someone from Universal has made a public statement or put out a press release.
If Universal is not prepared to do so, then this is an obvious double standard.
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Here's news: you don't *have* any right to an attorney.
That attitude will be increasingly reflected in court decisions -- with "no privacy on the internet" becoming a de facto standard, so that even those who claim you've nothing to hide (as from Google or the NSA) will eventually get bitten by the effects.
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Good Grief!
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Attorney Client Privilege
There have been cases where arguable injustice has resulted from such "now you see it, now you don't" tactics.
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