Prof. Johan Pouwelse To Take On RIAA Expert

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Marie Lindor has retained an expert witness of her own to fight the RIAA, and to debunk the testimony and reports of the RIAA's 'expert' Dr. Doug Jacobson, whose reliability has been challenged by Ms. Lindor in her Brooklyn federal court case, UMG v. Lindor. Ms. Lindor's expert is none other than Prof. Johan Pouwelse, Chairman of the Parallel and Distributed Systems Group of Delft University of Technology. It was Prof. Pouwelse's scathing analysis of the RIAA's MediaSentry 'investigations' (PDF) in a case in the Netherlands that caused the courts in that country to direct the ISPs there not to turn over their subscribers' information (PDF), thus nipping in the bud the RIAA's intended litigation juggernaut in that country."

Finally we get _real_ entertainment from the **IAA

[Podcaster]

As someone who found the original deposition to be a very enjoyable page-turner, I'm hoping that the sequel will be even better than the first one.

-P

You cannot pass!

[Dancindan84]

I am a servant of knowledge, wielder of common sense. Go back to the shadow. The strong arm tactics will not avail you, face of the recording industry! You shall not pass!

Re:Finally we get _real_ entertainment from the **

[lottameez]

I'm waiting for the audiobook (as long I can download it off of somebody's website).

My Cousin Johan

[WrongSizeGlass]

Johan: "I don't think da two youts downloaded any illegal music".
Judge: "Youts? Did you say youts?"
Johan: "Yeah ... da two youts."
Judge: "What's a yout?"
Johan: "Why don't you ask Dr. Jacobson? He's supposedly the expert here."
Judge: "Dr. Jacobson, what's a yout?"
Jacobson: "I believe it's a file type used for illegal music downloads, your honor."
Johan: "Da defenses rests, your judgeship".

That's OK....

[advocate_one]

he'll never be able to appear in the US, someone will just have him added to the do-not-fly list... after all, he's got a foreign sounding name... that's enough for a start...

Re:Assumptions

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, I know whatcha mean, bud... most of the summaries on Slashdot assume some basic familiarity with whatever random subject they present. It's annoying as hell to just jump right in with facts, under the assumption people might be able to learn through context. But, yeah, all those links to background stories made me dizzy. How dare they assume I should read so many articles to understand some news item! Jeez, just spoon feed me drivel already: "Some Dude To Kick Monopoly's Ass In Court"

+1 My Cousin Vinnie

[mccalli]

Fred's finest hour.

Re:That's OK....

[Anonymous Coward]

he'll never be able to appear in the US, someone will just have him added to the do-not-fly list... after all, he's got a foreign sounding name... that's enough for a start...

Done and done.

I'm telling you, I have the solution to this ...

[Anonymous Coward]

All we have to do is somehow get the RIAA in a legal fight with the Scientologists...

Re:The RIAA will be getting all the help it needs,

[seether166]

Until I got to your link, I really thought you were joking. Life imprisonment?! Wow. "intended" copyright crimes? When does Tom Cruise come crashing into your house to arrest you for "future crimes" with a **AA patch on his shoulder?!

Re:You cannot pass!

[Himring]

It is an attorney -- a lawyer of the RIAA. This foe is beyond any of you. Logout!

Re:The RIAA will be getting all the help it needs,

[Nqdiddles]

what will be the penalty for killers, rappers, etc... ? They'll be shot on sight?

Aren't rappers usually shot on sight?

Re:The RIAA will be getting all the help it needs,

[Dancindan84]

I can't imagine a case where the software on a home computer would cause death (all of the ideas I can think of would already merit a murder charge).

I can see clippy giving someone an aneurysm. If you're using Word without clippy turned off I think that qualifies as a suicide though.

Re:OT re: your sig

[BlueStraggler]

It's a distinction without a difference. The goal/end of a journey is the finale/end of the journey. There only seems to be a distinction in cases where the finale is unreachable because the goal is too idealistic.