Princeton University
Computer Science Dept.

Freshman Seminar 136
The Speech is a Machine

Andrew W. Appel

Spring 2001
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Oral Arguments

This is the oral argument in Federal Circuit Court for the appeal of Universal Studios (et al.) versus Eric Corley and 2600 Magazine. It took place at Second Circuit Courthouse, 40 Centre Street, New York, on May 1st, 2001 from approximately 11:30 a.m. The audio and its description were taken from 2600 News.

It's divided into two parts. The first part consists of about 15 minutes of Dean Kathleen Sullivan's argument for 2600 Magazine, which came at the end of a tape which had a lot of other cases on it - hence its shortness. The second and final part consists of the rest of the proceedings, which runs around an hour and 18 minutes. It contains the remainder of Dean Sullivan's argument, as well as those of Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Alter for the U.S. government and attorney Charles Sims for the motion picture industry, and a short rebuttal by Dean Sullivan.

Because of a tape flip, there are about 30 seconds of silence at around 46 minutes into Part 2. At both this point and at the beginning of Part 2, approximately one minute of material from the previous part is repeated.

RealAudio format, part I MP3 format, part I
RealAudio format, part II MP3 format, part II