Copyright Law

Tenenbaum moves to compel Matthew Oppenheim to appear for deposition

By Ty Rogers and Ray Beckerman

In SONY BMG Music v. Tenenbaum, the defendant has moved to compel Matthew J. Oppenheim to appear for his deposition.

Mr. Oppenheim is the person who has been identified by the RIAA lawyers sometimes as the "client", sometimes as the "industry representative", and sometimes as the "client representative", and on at least one occasion as "the only person who had settlement authority" for the RIAA members. He claims to be associated with an entity called "The Oppenheim Group", and has acted as attorney of record for the record companies in several proceedings in Washington, D.C.

He sat at the counsel table in Capitol v. Thomas, where he was observed at one point, by the on-scene reporter from Ars Technica, to be reading "Recording Industry vs. The People" on his laptop during the trial.

He intervened on MediaSentry's behalf in the investigative proceedings which have been taking place in North Carolina, looking into MediaSentry's having engaged in investigation of North Carolina residents without an investigator's license.

Motion to Depose Matthew Oppenheim
Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion

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Full post as published by Recording Industry vs The People on January 20, 2009 (boomark / email).