| In Lawsuit
For Emmy Statue Holding COVID Ball
Crowdsourcing the Truth Offers Deal
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
BBC
- Guardian
UK - Honduras
- ESPN
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Dec 10 – Citing publication of
photo of the EMMY statuette
holding the COVID-19 ball, The
National Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences has sued
Crowdsourcing the Truth.
On December 3,
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Valerie E. Caproni tells
a discovery dispute
conference. Inner City Press
called in (it was asked about
its phone number, having
previously covered this Court
via Google Voice without a
number) - and live tweeted it,
here:
Judge: Has there
been a protective order
entered in this case?
TV Academies'
lawyer: We thought there was
an agreement. But they're
going to show the discovery to
these conspiracy theory fans.
And try to get more YouTube
views.
Judge: This
is very unorthodox. Why is it
appropriate?
Crowdsource
the Truth lawyer: We'll get
volunteers. Otherwise it's too
expensive to review. But I
haven't seen the discovery
yet.
Judge: That's not
an adequate explanation. What
about home addresses?
Crowdsource the
Truth lawyer: They would agree
not to disclose
addresses.
Judge: So you're
going to hire
them?
Crowdsource the
Truth lawyer:
Volunteers.
Judge: These are
not paralegals. I am
precluding this without you
coming back to me. OK, 3d
party subpoenas These too will
be limited, or require
pre-approval.
Now on December
10, the parties have written
to SDNY Magistrate Judge Ona
T. Wang that Crowdsourcing the
Truth "tendered a settlement
offer... rejected by email on
December 9." They made a
counteroffer, still being
considered; neither are ready
for a formal settlement
conference at this time.
The case is The
National Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences, Inc. et al
v. Multimedia System Design,
Inc., 20-cv-7269 (Caproni)
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