Ray Beckerman

Ray Beckerman
Residence	New York City
Occupation	Attorney

Ray Beckerman is an attorney in New York City, practicing law at Ray Beckerman, P.C. He is noted for his analysis and commentary on the RIAA's campaign, commenced in 2003, of copyright infringement lawsuits against individuals engaged unauthorized peer-to-peer file sharing of music.

Beckerman was admitted to the bar on January 17, 1979, and has served primarily as a commercial litigation attorney.

In addition to his legal work, he writes several blogs: "Ohio Election Fraud" (formerly "Fairness"), which deals with the 2004 presidential litigation in the state of Ohio, "Recording Industry vs. The People", which chronicles the above mentioned lawsuits between RIAA labels and individual defendants, "Ray's 2.0", about social media, and "Fairness", which deals with issues of social justice and human rights.

He is a member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. A member of the Copyright Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, he has previously served on that body's Entertainment Law, Information Technology Law, and Civil Court committees. He is well known in the Slashdot internet community, where he posts under the username "NewYorkCountryLawyer" and in the twitter community under the username "raybeckerman".

External links

• Ray Beckerman, P.C., Attorney Profile
• Ohio Election Fraud (formerly "Fairness")
• Recording Industry vs. The People
• Ray's 2.0
• Fairness
• National Law Journal "Music Piracy Defendants Fighting Back"
• Variety.com "RIAA Foes Turn Up the Volume"
• Variety.com "Judge Tosses RIAA Suit"
• "Agent 'Discovers' Losing in Court" (Soap Central.com AMC Pages)
• Steve Gordon Interview on MyRealBroadcast.com
• "Conference call" with 'Defective by Design' membership
• Slashdot.org Interview
• Appearance on CBS Early Morning Show with Harry Smith December 28, 2005
• Lawyer Who Fights the RIAA Speaks Out (Ars Technica)
• Blogging from the Front Lines of the RIAA wars (by Denise Howell)
• Lesson 8: Suing P2P Users (Prof. Jeremy deBeer)

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