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Prof. Johan Pouwelse To Take On RIAA Expert

Posted by kdawson on from the knows-whereof-he-speaks dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Marie Lindor has retained an expert witness of her own to fight the RIAA, and to debunk the testimony and reports of the RIAA's 'expert' Dr. Doug Jacobson, whose reliability has been challenged by Ms. Lindor in her Brooklyn federal court case, UMG v. Lindor. Ms. Lindor's expert is none other than Prof. Johan Pouwelse, Chairman of the Parallel and Distributed Systems Group of Delft University of Technology. It was Prof. Pouwelse's scathing analysis of the RIAA's MediaSentry 'investigations' (PDF) in a case in the Netherlands that caused the courts in that country to direct the ISPs there not to turn over their subscribers' information (PDF), thus nipping in the bud the RIAA's intended litigation juggernaut in that country."

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  1. Finally we get _real_ entertainment from the **IAA by Podcaster · · Score: 5, Funny

    As someone who found the original deposition to be a very enjoyable page-turner, I'm hoping that the sequel will be even better than the first one.

    -P

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  2. You cannot pass! by Dancindan84 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am a servant of knowledge, wielder of common sense. Go back to the shadow. The strong arm tactics will not avail you, face of the recording industry! You shall not pass!

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    "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much." - Oscar Wilde
    1. Re:You cannot pass! by Himring · · Score: 5, Funny

      It is an attorney -- a lawyer of the RIAA. This foe is beyond any of you. Logout!

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      "All great things are simple & expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." --Churchill
  3. Re:Finally we get _real_ entertainment from the ** by lottameez · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm waiting for the audiobook (as long I can download it off of somebody's website).

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    Yeah? Well I think you're overrated too.
  4. My Cousin Johan by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 4, Funny

    Johan: "I don't think da two youts downloaded any illegal music".
    Judge: "Youts? Did you say youts?"
    Johan: "Yeah ... da two youts."
    Judge: "What's a yout?"
    Johan: "Why don't you ask Dr. Jacobson? He's supposedly the expert here."
    Judge: "Dr. Jacobson, what's a yout?"
    Jacobson: "I believe it's a file type used for illegal music downloads, your honor."
    Johan: "Da defenses rests, your judgeship".

  5. I'm telling you, I have the solution to this ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    All we have to do is somehow get the RIAA in a legal fight with the Scientologists...