Re: RIAA wins 1.92 mil verdict in download case

On Jun 22, 11:38 pm, Tim McNamara <tim...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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 windcrest <passp...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jun 19, 10:38 am, "Joe Finn" <J...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This may be a rear guard, last gasp effort, but the judgment itself
is real; in the legally binding sense of the term.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/music/showArticle.
j...

The defendant had lost a previous case and was ordered to pay a
fine of $9250 per song. On appeal the jury saw fit to award RIAA
$80,000 per song or a total of 1.92 million.    ....joe

-- Visit me on the web  www.JoeFinn.net

If all the RIAA had was an IP address then it does not proove she did
the downloading, just that a computer (maybe associated with her ISP
account) acquired that IP address.  An IP does not at all proove who
is actually sitting at the keyboard, it only names a machine.  She
obviously had a non tech-savy lawyer as authentication is really
basic stuff to disproove in court.

And with IPv4, it's not even possible to perfectly relate an IP address
to a given computer.  MAC addresses can be cloned, too.

Tim - I tend to go with your thinking on this discussion. The world is
not what it was even 10 years ago, and is changing more rapidly than
someone like myself can even comprehend.

Luke B.
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