Federal Appeals Court Reinstates Copyright and Defamation Case against NJ Shock Jocks
A New Jersey federal appeals court has reinstated a copyright and defamation lawsuit against a New Jersey radio station and its DJ's, one of whom is currently a co-host of the popular WFAN Sports talk radio show of Boomer & Carton. Access to the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals written opinion issued in Murphy v. Millennium Radio Group , Case No. 10-2163, can be found here . In this case the plaintiff, Peter Murphy, alleges that the defendants violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act for failure to post his credit for a photograph appearing on the radio station's website. In addition, Murphy alleges that both DJ's defamed him during a 45 minute broadcast of their radio show by calling him a "man not to be trusted" in business dealings and suggesting he is gay. Murphy had taken a photo of 101.5 FM DJ's Craig Carton and Ray Rossi for the New Jersey Monthly magazine, which had named them New Jersey's "best shock jocks."