Over the objections of the RIAA, a Federal judge is allowing a file-copying case to be streamed to the Internet.

A federal judge has agreed to a novel request: streaming parts of an upcoming file-sharing trial over the Internet. Judge Nancy Gertner has granted the request of Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson and students to put the gavel-to-gavel footage on the Internet for any non-commercial use, over the RIAA’s objections. But only on a one-time basis.

Update: The RIAA is so afraid of widespread public disclosure of their litigation tactics that they have appealed the judge’s ruling to stream the trial to the Internet.