Jammie Thomas Asks Court to Suppress MediaSentry Evidence

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 2, 2009 - 12:58pm.

Duluth, Minn. - Attorneys for accused music file-swapper Jammie Thomas have filed a motion to suppress evidence from MediaSentry, a firm hired by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to collect evidence of copyright infringement on file-sharing networks. The motion argues that MediaSentry collected evidence in violation of federal, Minnesota and New Jersey wiretapping statutes, as well as the Minnesota private investigator statute.

Since the company's investigation was itself criminal, the argument goes, the evidence collected should be suppressed.

Thomas was initially convicted by a jury of sharing songs on Kazaa, but was granted a retrial after the judge in the case admitted an error in delivering jury instructions and declared a mistrial.

The retrial of Jammie Thomas is slated to begin on June 15 in Minneapolis.

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/jb94j (Recording Industry vs. the People)

http://snipurl.com/jb9pe (DMW previous coverage)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaSentry