arstechnica.com — Lawyers in this year's two highest-profile file-sharing cases have joined forces, and they plan to file a class-action lawsuit against the recording industry later this summer to claw back the "$100 million" that the RIAA "stole."
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arctanbJun 10, 2009
Way to go Camara + Nesson - go make a killing :)
dalittleJun 10, 2009
Surprised it has taken this long for a class action lawsuit against the RIAA. The RIAA has been ripe for the picking for a long time. Would not be surprised if more piled on.
acknotswJun 10, 2009
if there's one thing the world always needs, it's more lawyers.
abhiroopJun 10, 2009
Rules of evidence are so incredibly complex.Producing documents like that could even be considered hearsay evidence. Generally, in a legal argument you tend not to consider whether a piece of evidence is "spoofed" or not. That is something for the jury. If someone decides to perjure themselves there is NOTHING anyone can do about it unless it is obvious.
lleuJun 10, 2009
I went to submit this story and that was going to be its title.
buryJun 11, 2009
They typically get you for uploading/sharing. They log the IP address that they download the file from and match the address to you. They know the file is copyrighted material by comparing the file hashes that most P2P clients generate. This hash is to make sure everyone is sharing the same version of the same file. It would be a different hash if it was a file of you singing Like a Virgin in the shower. I still say this doesn't adequately meet the burden of proof because IP addresses can be spoofed and there are other steps that can lead to wrong conclusions, but that's the gist AFAIK.
lilbambiJun 11, 2009
About daggone time.
mrbitchJun 11, 2009
RE: " ... I'm on my 4th Xbox 360 and as of 12/19/08 I am no longer covered by the 3 year RRoD warranty. So far this latest one though is holding up like a champ. I'm happy with the entertainment I've gotten out of the thing."You might be happy with the entertainment, but the fact that you're on your 4th Xbox 360 does not make me want to go out and buy one...