RIAA Security Expert's Quest For Reliability

Posted by Zonk on Saturday April 28, 2007 @10:46AM from the is-he-who-he-says-he-is dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In the ongoing case of UMG v. Lindor, Ms. Lindor has now moved to exclude the trial testimony of the RIAA's 'expert' witness, Dr. Doug Jacobson. Jacobson is the CTO and co-founder of Palisade Systems, Inc, and a teacher of internet security at Iowa State, but in his February 23rd deposition testimony she argues he failed to meet the reliability standards prescribed by Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Federal Rule of Evidence 702. The Groklaw and Slashdot communities participated in both the preparation of the deposition questions, and the vetting of the witness's responses."

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Mod parent up! by Builder · 2007-04-29 21:19 · Score: 0, Troll

This comment deserves to be seen! I've been posting here for a lot longer than /. has been covering RIAA issues in the depth it does now, and yet I was _still_ accused of being an RIAA troll by NYCL just because I argued with him.

Dismissing a person's arguments just because you think they represent someone is dangerous at best, and just labelling everyone who disagrees with you as an RIAA troll will lead to a lot of useful information and discussing being missed.