Expert witness fund established to balance the scales of justice in RIAA lawsuits

Posted by admin on November 20th, 2007 filed in digital forensics

This article detailed how a fund has been established to pay digital forensic experts to examine digital forensic evidence for the defense in the RIAA lawsuits. This fund won’t be available for every case, only those meeting the following criterion:

A. The importance of the case to critical legal issues.
B. The demonstrated commitment of the defendant, and/or of the defendant’s attorney if the defendant has an attorney, to seeing his or her case through to conclusion, and to fighting for important legal issues.
C. The facts and circumstances of the particular case.
D. The level of investment made by the defendant, and/or by the defendant’s attorney if the defendant has an attorney, in time, money, and labor, in defending the case.
E. The legal posture of the case.
F. The need for assistance.
G. The need for technical expertise in the case.
H. The quality and commitment of technical expertise which may have been contributed to the case.
I. The competing needs of other cases.
J. And other similar factors.

Please refer to Ray Beckerman’s blog for complete information.

Should you want to contribute to the fund, please click here

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