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Judge Says RIAA Can't Have Hard Drive

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the quite-a-large-beast-to-be-jumping-through-hoops dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "A Texas judge has refused to allow the RIAA untrammelled access to the defendant's hard drive in SONY v. Arellanes. The court ruled that only a mutually agreeable, neutral computer forensics expert may examine the hard drive, at the RIAA's expense, and that the parties must agree on mutually acceptable provisions for confidentiality."

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  1. woo, guess a few judges have read the law by swschrad · · Score: 5, Insightful

    about time RIAA is held to the law.

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  2. Re:This sounds like a good precedent by shmlco · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Didn't we just have the story about the moron who wipped and defragged his drive after it was requested for examination? And judged guilty?

    Want deniability? Just don't download the crap in the first place.

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