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Mediasentry Violates Cease & Desist Order

Posted by kdawson on from the what-part-of-stop-don't-you-understand dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "On January 2, 2008, the Massachusetts State Police ordered MediaSentry, the RIAA's investigator, to cease and desist from conducting investigations in Massachusetts without a license. Based on what appears to be irrefutable proof that MediaSentry has been violating that order, the Boston University students who tentatively won, in London-Sire v. Doe 1, an order tentatively quashing the subpoena for their identities, have brought a new motion to vacate the RIAA's court papers altogether, on the ground that the RIAA's 'evidence' was procured by criminal behavior."

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  1. Mediasentry's repsonse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    IP addresses are not a reliable method of proving crimes on the internet.

  2. How pathetic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    IP infringers try to justify their unauthorized downloading of copyrighted material.

    These legal issues with Mediasentry are petty technicalities. The important thing is that greedy pirates are trying to entertain themselves with content without paying. This isn't fair to the labels, artists, or countless artisans involved in this hard work.

    Every Madonna song you download illegally impoverishes the people of Malawi. Please pay the market price for this regulated scarcity.

    Madonna is the best!

  3. I can hear it now by kseise · · Score: 5, Funny

    RIAA: Somebody set up us the bomb
    The People: All your papers are belong to us. Make your time.