Oklahoma Security Expert Attacks RIAA Claims

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "A group of Oklahoma University students has made a motion to vacate the ex parte order the RIAA had obtained compelling the university to turn over their names and addresses. In support of their motion was the expert witness declaration (PDF) of a computer security and forensics expert who essentially attacked the entire premise of the RIAA's lawsuit, characterizing the declaration upon which the RIAA based its motion as 'factually erroneous' and 'misleading.' Among other things he pointed out that 'An individual cannot be uniquely identified by an IP address,' and that 'Many computers can be connected to the Internet with identical IP addresses as long as they remain behind control points.' The students are represented by the same Oklahoma lawyer who recently obtained a award for $68,000-plus in attorneys fees against the RIAA in Capitol v. Foster."

Comments

Re:Oh come on

[fredklein]

I don't know about that- a PICTURE of a car running a red light is pretty good evidence that the crime actually took place. Which means someone is guilty of comitting that crime. Since they cannot I.D. the driver (Facial recognition's not that good. Yet.), but they CAN I.D. the car (thru the plates), they send the notification to the registered owner of the car. Since the drive should know who was driving their car*, the driver can then tell the court who is actually guilty.

*unless it was stolen.

Re:Oh come on

[MrNiceguy_KS]

A local radio show was once interviewing an "expert" in getting out of traffic tickets. He had a suggestion for getting out of tickets from automated Red-light cameras, but it only works for married couples with two vehicles.

Each vehicle is registered in one spouse's name, and driven by the other. If the husband runs a red light, the ticket gets mailed to his wife. She contests the ticket, pointing out that the picture clearly shows a man as the driver. When asked to identify the driver, she responds, "That's protected by privilege," as you cannot be forced to testify against your spouse.

The "expert" said it may or may not work, depending on state and local laws, so YMMV.