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Sep. 17, 2008

Fred von Lohmann

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Electronic Frontier Foundation | San Francisco

Fred von Lohmann

He continues to be the standard bearer for a more generous view of fair use online, waging battles against old media giants on behalf of a more expansive view of copyright law. Working with Keker & Van Nest, he persuaded a Los Angeles judge to reject Universal Music Group’s bid to block client Troy Augusto from selling promotional CDs he got from music shops and online auctions on eBay, even though they were labeled “Not for Resale.” The judge ruled in June that the label does not trum...

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