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MediaSentry denies being investigators to avoid licensing

7 July 2008 12:18 by Rich "vurbal" Fiscus As the RIAA's campaign of file sharing lawsuits against customers has gone on a number of interesting legal questions have been raised about how investigations are being conducted. MediaSentry is responsible for finding and identifying computers sharing copyrighted music on behalf of RIAA attorneys. One important question that has yet to be answered is whether they are required by law to be licensed as private investigators. According to a letter from MediaSentry lawyers to Michigan regulators they believe the answer is no. The letter is in reply to another, in which Michigan officials suggested that MediaSentry's investigations might put them in violation of state law with respect to what activities require a private investigator's license. The original letter notes the following requirement.

Full post as published by The Trade Secrets Vault on July 07, 2008 (boomark / email).