Riaa Lawsuits and Noerr-Pennington Immunity
16 Pages Posted: 9 Oct 2006
Date Written: December 21, 2004
Abstract
This paper considers whether the voluminous RIAA filesharing litigation would be entitled to Noerr-Pennington Immunity if it otherwise ran afoul of antitrust law, ultimately concluding that, under the Sham Exception to the Noerr-Pennington doctrine, it would not.
Keywords: RIAA, filesharing, lawsuit, litigation, Noerr-Pennington, antitrust, sham exception
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Gellis, Catherine R., Riaa Lawsuits and Noerr-Pennington Immunity (December 21, 2004). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=933121 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.933121
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