Caught Red Handed
am 24.08.2004 von http://www.recht.us/amlaw
CK - Washington. A corporate membership association representing the interests of audio-visual rights exploiters was caught red-handed by German attorney Udo Vetter as holding itself out as an expert witness assisting police in the analysis of CDs seized from a PC user. The association also holds itself out as the industry representative that causes police to seize such material and to prosecute alleged violators of their rights to exploit the musical works of artists under contract with its members.
Persuasively and passionately, Vetter points out in a written submission to the prosecution the illegality of appointing such an organization as an expert. At its most basic, expert witnesses are by law required to be individuals; organizations do not qualify. Most obviously, there is an inherent bias. From …
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