Harvard file-sharer's fight against labels rescheduled

Though the hearing of accused file sharer Joel Tenenbaum and his Harvard Law counsel headed by Professor Charles Nesson is on hold while the issue over broadcasting the trial on the Internet awaits resolution, Massachusetts District Court Judge Nancy Gertner last night ruled on a timeline for other parts of the case.

The pre-trial conference and trial date, originally March 24, has been cancelled until a proper rescheduling can take place. All of the Rule 26 disclosures, which include supporting evidence and expert testimony for both parties involved in the trial, will be heard on March 30, depositions may be taken thereafter by each party. The hearing on Tenenbaum's counterclaims, -- which include abuse of process by the litigant record companies -- and motion for the RIAA to join the suit, is stayed until April 30.