Safeguards For RIAA Hard Drive Inspection

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In SONY v. Arellanes, an RIAA case in Sherman, Texas, the Court entered a protective order (PDF) that spells out the following procedure for the RIAA's examination of the defendant's hard drive: (1) RIAA imaging specialist makes mirror image of hard drive; (2) mutually acceptable computer forensics expert makes make two verified bit images, and creates an MD5 or equivalent hash code; (3) one mirror image is held in escrow by the expert, the other given to defendant's lawyer for a 'privilege review'; (4) defendant's lawyer provides plaintiffs' lawyer with a 'privilege log' (list of privileged files); (5) after privilege questions are resolved, the escrowed image — with privileged files deleted — will be turned over to RIAA lawyers, to be held for 'lawyers' eyes only.' The order differs from the earlier order (PDF) entered in the case, in that it (a) permits the RIAA's own imaging person to make the initial mirror image and (b) spells out the details of the method for safeguarding privilege and privacy."

Comments

Re:Piracy just hurts the little guy.

[Mostly a lurker]

To take your post seriously (though I think it is a troll) you seem to imply that the nice "family" demographic you cater to are predominantly pirates, who thus have no use for your store except when purchasing a cool disk that is not yet online. There are other possibilities. Perhaps some of your erstwhile customers find merit in being able to cheaply purchase the specific tracks they like online rather than purchase expensive albums full of dross, in which they have no interest, aggregated with the one or two tracks they actually want.

Re:Piracy just hurts the little guy.

[Lost Engineer]

Nice little bit of fiction there AC.

I decided that to grow the business I'd need to aim for a different demographic, the family market. My store specialised in family music - stuff that the whole family could listen to.

"That's it. What's your name? You're blacklisted. Now take yourself and your little bitch friend out of my store - and don't come back." Perhaps your problem is that when said families actually come into the store you insult them with words that you'd never hear in a Christian rock album.

Some Wining

[pipingguy]

To me, this just illustrates the absurdity of the whole thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Moved_My_Cheese

Change Happens
They Keep Moving The Cheese
Anticipate Change
Get Ready For The Cheese To Move
Monitor Change
Smell The Cheese Often So You Know When It Is Getting Old
Adapt To Change Quickly
The Quicker You Let Go Of Old Cheese, The Sooner You Can Enjoy New Cheese
Change
Move With The Cheese
Enjoy Change!
Savor The Adventure And Enjoy The Taste Of New Cheese!
Be Ready To Change Quickly And Enjoy It Again & Again
They Keep Moving The Cheese.

Re:Piracy just hurts the little guy.

[Heembo]

Look moron, I legally pay for TV shows off of iTunes, and I save myself the hassle of not having to watch inane commercials. I also now legally download the one or 2 good tracks off of iTunes instead of wasting my money buying overprices CD's at your BS shops. Can you blame me? The world is changing and CD is dead. DEAD DEAD DEAD. Time for you to get a real job when you are done filing for bankruptcy. (If you have any ACTUAL skills)