RIAA MediaSentry in new Michigan student case
p2pnet news view | RIAA News:- Michigan students are determined RIAA ‘investigator’ MediaSentry is held accountable for practicing as a private eye in the state without a license.
It’s owner, SafeNet, has been hired by China’s Communist leaders to provide DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) for in-country live and on-demand online video footage of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
They must not have been aware of the company’s considerably less than sterling reputation in the West.
Central Michigan University filed a complaint against it with Michigan’s Department of Labor and Economic Growth, “at least the second such complaint in Michigan, the first having gotten the RIAA’s unlicensed investigation firm into a pickle when its lawyer, responding to the accusations, made statements directly contradicting statements he’d made a month earlier in UMG v Lindor,” said Recording Industry vs The People’s Ray Beckerman recently, going on:
“The 32-page complaint (PDF) cites to MediaSentry’s problems in 8 other states, including the Massachusetts cease and desist letter, and cites to MediaSentry’s own promotional materials and the RIAA’s court papers as evidence of the illegal activity.”
This means there are now at least three cases pending against MediaSentry in Michigan’s Department of Labor and Economic Growth.
“In addition to the Kruger case, involving Northern Michigan University, and the Central Michigan University case, there is a case that was brought by a student at the University of Michigan, Case no. 162983070 v. MediaSentry,” Beckerman says, adding:
“The Kruger case is the one in which MediaSentry’s lawyer made representations to the DLEG which directly contradicted representations he’d made to Judge Levy in UMG v. Lindor a month earlier.”
Jon Newton - p2pnet
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August 12th, 2008 at 10:36 am
well, what do you expect Jon.
the chinese “fireworks and singing fraudster” govermment hires a company of fraudsters without PI licenses for their $4.50 per hour hire and fire “investigators”?
Its a perfect logical combination. A, on human rights shitting, government hires a, on PI laws shitting, company. Fits perfectly well I guess
August 12th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Chinese governerment=DRM companies=RIAA/MPAA=Big pile of BS.
August 12th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
“The Kruger case is the one in which MediaSentry’s lawyer made representations to the DLEG which directly contradicted representations he’d made to Judge Levy in UMG v. Lindor a month earlier.”
Does this constitute a case of perjury then?
August 13th, 2008 at 8:14 am
Throwing lawyers at the problem is futile! …Try hand grenades!
August 13th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Ummm… China is not concerned in any way about people think about what it does, much less SafeNet’s reputation.
Read the recent Rolling Stone article detailing China’s massive umbrella surveillance system. Very scary stuff. Coming soon to a country very near you!