The RIAA’s relatively brief experiences with lawsuits against college students indicates that things are not going so smoothly with the music industry’s attempts to sue this population. The latest bit of news from that front comes courtesy of Ray Beckerman and Oklahoma State University, where 11 “John Doe” students are attempting to quash the subpoena issued to OSU, requesting that it hand over the names of those using IP addresses fingered for file-sharing by Media Sentry, the RIAA’s investigators.
The students make the usual arguments that the ex parte discovery (i.e., discovery taken against the subjects of a lawsuit without their knowledge) is improper, but they also attacked the RIAA’s expert witness, Carlos Linares. An expert witness hired by the students has gone over Linares’ declaration supporting the case, taking issue with many of his statements.
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