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Jorge
August 12th, 2008, 08:30 AM
Files complaint with the state's Department of LAbor & Economic Growth demanding that Media Sentry "Cease and desist all investigation activities concerning Michigan residents until such time as it secures a private investigative license."
More and more people are lining up to challenge the anti-investigative activities of Media Sentry, the anti-piracy company employed by the RIAA in its fight against illegal file-sharing, due to the fact that it lacks the private investigative license required in most states to legally conduct such efforts.
First Oregon's Attorney General,on behalf of the University of Oregon, launched an investigation into the RIAA's "data mining" techniques, noting that "MediaSentry appears to have been conducting an investigation without an investigator's license, in violation of ORS 703.405 and ORS 703.993(s), which is a crime.
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