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Has RIAA Fired MediaSentry?
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "According to a tantalizing 'unconfirmed' report, it appears that the RIAA has jettisoned MediaSentry (now known as SafeNet) as its 'investigator.' MediaSentry has come under heat in a number of different states for the fact that it was 'investigating' without an investigator's license and invading people's privacy. Earlier this year it was found to have made diametrically conflicting written statements to two different tribunals within 30 days of each other, in one denying that it was an 'expert witness,' in another claiming that it was an 'expert witness.' If the report is accurate, the termination comes at an interesting time, since MediaSentry's investigator is the plaintiffs' only fact witness to prove copyright infringement in Capitol Records v. Thomas, which is now headed for a retrial on March 9th. If he does take the stand, the reasons for his company's termination will be fair game for cross examination. One also has to wonder if it's in any way connected to the puzzling enigma of the New York Attorney General's alleged involvement in the RIAA's recent Wall Street Journal announcement that it would be reducing its p2p file sharing cases to a trickle."
They are putting all their eggs in the ISP enforcement basket. I'm sure that will do wonders.
...from a cannon, into the Sun!
"[Regarding the 'cloud,'] ownership was what made America different than Russia." -- Woz
Eventually, companies must come to recognize their liabilities as liabilities, right?
DRM: Terminator crops for your mind!
In other news, a new company (name yet to be decided upon) has sprung up. This new company offers big media corporations investigative services for online "crimes". Applications for employment are being reviewed but, at this time, this new company is not looking to hire staff as all positions will be filled by experienced individuals who have conducted similar work for "another" company in the same field.
Totally new company. Honest. New name to be announced real soon. New. Completely new. Totally different.
Would we lie to you?
I'd like to put the little bastard in a sack, and toss the sack in a river, and hurl the river into space.
I say we copyright a recording of repeated agonizing screams, get a woolly mammoth to stomp them in the balls, and sue them for copyright infringement.