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Court OverRules RIAA - Only A Neutral Examiner Can Examine Hard Drive


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It has been a busy couple of months in the world of music file-sharing litigation. The latest comes to us courtesy of Sony BMG, which is the lead plaintiff in the case of Sony BMG et al v. Arellanes. Sony was dealt a setback by the court yesterday, as Judge Richard Schell ruled that the defendant's hard drive can only be examined by a neutral forensics expert, not the RIAA's own experts.

We've reported on Sony v. Arellanes before. Kimberly Arellanes was sued by the RIAA in August 2005 after—surprise—MediaSentry found music files shared by someone using an IP address that the ISP identified as belonging to the defendant at the time.

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