Sovereign Artists, et al.
Amici Curiae
James R. Wheaton, Counsel of RecordThe parties in this brief are 23 musicians and musical groups that believe file-sharing companies such as Grockster are a boon to the recording industry. James R. Wheaton is Senior Counsel and cofounder of the First Amendment Project, a nonprofit group dedicated to promoting freedom of information, expression, and petition. He received his law degree from the University of California in 1984. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on March 1, 2005.The Ninth Circuit correctly found that defendants’ peer-to-peer file-sharing technologies are…
