Is RIAA's Linares Affidavit Technically Valid?

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In support of its ex parte, 'John Doe,' discovery applications against college students, the RIAA has been using a declaration by its 'Anti-Piracy' Vice President Carlos Linares (PDF) to show the judge that it has a good copyright infringement case against the 'John Does.' A Boston University student has challenged the validity of Mr. Linares's declaration, and the RIAA is fighting back. Would appreciate the Slashdot community's take on the validity of Mr. Linares's 'science.'"

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Tagging Beta

[dekkerdreyer]

This question would be best answered by the early version of tagging beta being turned back on: yes, no, itsatrap

Re:Gee, what does this person expect to hear?

[Omnifarious]

I'm basically trying to make the point that coming here and asking about the technical merits of a technique RIAA uses to identify its victims is almost as bad as going into a fundamentalist Christian forum and asking them what they think of evolution.

Re:Gee, what does this person expect to hear?

[Omnifarious]

Then, perhaps instead of calling for an impartial "Does this technique have merit?" a more honest "I would like to know all the ways this technique doesn't work, and in order to build a good defense it would also be helpful if you would all play devil's advocate and tell me all the ways in which it does.". That would've left me scratching my head a little less.

Of course, well written summaries has never really been Slashdot's strong suite.