Ray Beckerman
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Ray Beckerman is an attorney
in New York City
, practicing law at Ray Beckerman, P.C. He is noted for his analysis and commentary on the RIAA
's campaign, commenced in 2003, of copyright infringement
lawsuits against individuals engaged unauthorized peer-to-peer
file sharing
of music.
Beckerman was admitted to the bar on January 17, 1979, and has served primarily as a commercial litigation attorney.
In addition to his legal work, he writes several blog
s: "Ohio Election Fraud" (formerly "Fairness"), which deals with the 2004 presidential litigation in the state of Ohio, "Recording Industry vs. The People", which chronicles the above mentioned lawsuits between RIAA labels
and individual defendants, "Ray's 2.0", about social media, and "Fairness", which deals with issues of social justice and human rights.
He is a member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
. A member of the Copyright Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York
, he has previously served on that body's Entertainment Law, Information Technology Law, and Civil Court committees. He is well known in the Slashdot
internet community, where he posts under the username "NewYorkCountryLawyer" and in the twitter
community under the username "raybeckerman".
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, practicing law at Ray Beckerman, P.C. He is noted for his analysis and commentary on the RIAA
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
's campaign, commenced in 2003, of copyright infringement
Copyright infringement
Copyright infringement is the unauthorized or prohibited use of works under copyright, infringing the copyright holder's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works.- "Piracy" :...
lawsuits against individuals engaged unauthorized peer-to-peer
Peer-to-peer
Peer-to-peer computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads among peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the application...
file sharing
File sharing
File sharing is the practice of distributing or providing access to digitally stored information, such as computer programs, multimedia , documents, or electronic books. It may be implemented through a variety of ways...
of music.
Beckerman was admitted to the bar on January 17, 1979, and has served primarily as a commercial litigation attorney.
In addition to his legal work, he writes several blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
s: "Ohio Election Fraud" (formerly "Fairness"), which deals with the 2004 presidential litigation in the state of Ohio, "Recording Industry vs. The People", which chronicles the above mentioned lawsuits between RIAA labels
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
and individual defendants, "Ray's 2.0", about social media, and "Fairness", which deals with issues of social justice and human rights.
He is a member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is an international non-profit digital rights advocacy and legal organization based in the United States...
. A member of the Copyright Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
The New York City Bar Association , founded in 1870, is a voluntary association of lawyers and law students. Since 1896, the organization, formally known as the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, has been headquartered in a landmark building on 44th Street, between Fifth and Sixth...
, he has previously served on that body's Entertainment Law, Information Technology Law, and Civil Court committees. He is well known in the Slashdot
Slashdot
Slashdot is a technology-related news website owned by Geeknet, Inc. The site, which bills itself as "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters", features user-submitted and ‑evaluated current affairs news stories about science- and technology-related topics. Each story has a comments section...
internet community, where he posts under the username "NewYorkCountryLawyer" and in the twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
community under the username "raybeckerman".
External links
- Ray Beckerman, P.C., Attorney Profile
- Ohio Election Fraud (formerly "Fairness")
- Recording Industry vs. The People
- Ray's 2.0
- Fairness
- National Law Journal "Music Piracy Defendants Fighting Back"
- Variety.com "RIAA Foes Turn Up the Volume"
- Variety.com "Judge Tosses RIAA Suit"
- "Agent 'Discovers' Losing in Court" (Soap Central.com AMC Pages)
- Steve Gordon Interview on MyRealBroadcast.com
- "Conference call" with 'Defective by Design' membership
- Slashdot.org Interview
- Appearance on CBS Early Morning Show with Harry Smith December 28, 2005
- Lawyer Who Fights the RIAA Speaks Out (Ars Technica)
- Blogging from the Front Lines of the RIAA wars (by Denise Howell)
- Lesson 8: Suing P2P Users (Prof. Jeremy deBeer)