Help scupper the RIAA
p2pnet news | RIAA News:- The Slashdot and Groklaw communities were so helpful in preparing for the deposition of the RIAA’s “expert” witness, Dr Doug Jacobson, we thought we’d come back and ask for your thoughts on what documents and/or data to request from the RIAA’s ‘investigator’, MediaSentry.
The documents we have so far are just printouts used at Dr Jacobson’s deposition, specifically exhibits 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14.
Of course we have some ideas of our own about what to demand, but we want to leave no stone unturned.
For the technically minded, this is your chance to be a part of bringing the RIAA’s litigation campaign down.
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October 22nd, 2007 at 3:07 pm
Ask them for the truth, that will hurt them.
October 22nd, 2007 at 4:37 pm
What you need is a complete, verified, unquestioned disc image copy of the MediaSentry/SafeNet computer at the moment that it was used to gather “evidence” of infringement in the case at hand. Without that, the true veracity of their evidence collection methods will always be in question.
Of course, MS/SF will be unable to provide that, and will reply “trust us”, or something similarly useless.
You also need to question the exact person who gathered the evidence to determine which laws he broke in the process, and any shortcuts he may have taken. You also need to know what IP addresses he may have used, if they legally belonged to him at the time, and any other frauds he might have perpetrated to try and subvert defensive measures he expected to encounter — even of you client never employed any of those defensive methods themselves.
October 23rd, 2007 at 6:28 am
Ask them to list all the “spoof” files that mediasentry and other factions use to upload to the different sites and then ask them to play each and every file that was said to be downloaded for the courts to show that they are actual complete songs and that they are not “spoofs” Have them show and play the songs on thier computer, and to show the time downloaded to prove that they are actual songs… anyone can take a snapshot of a hard drive with 1700 songs in it and then say that it came from a computer of choice – there are people who could spoof an IP address, take a snapshot of the computer and say it was mine or yours. Also with the connection that many people have (DSL & Broadband) and the capped upload speed I cannot see how mediasentry or anyone for that matter could download 1700 songs in any amount of time from one particular person. I would make them prove that even mediasentry DOWNLOADED ALL THE SONGS, not simply take a snapshot of the drive. Because that could mean someone’s folder was mistakenly shared but the error was caught before anything was downloaded and if so copyright infringement did not take place.