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Effective Training in the Technology & Law
of Peer-to-Peer Crimes
Peer-to-peer (P2P) software-based prosecutions are one of the fastest-growing areas of criminal law. Easy-to-use programs have vastly simplified the search for and distribution of contraband materials like child pornography.
I offer interesting, cost-effective, CLE-certified training in this important and rapidly-evolving area of the law. My 2-3 hour sessions are a great opportunity for members of your office or CJA panel to expand their familiarity with P2P technology, learn more about law enforcement computer forensic techniques, and participate in a structured discussion with other defense attorneys about these issues. Contact me to schedule a session for your office
Bottom Line?
Law Enforcement Is Searching P2P Networks in Real Time …
Your Soon-to-Be Clients Are Using P2P …
It’s Important to Understand How P2P Technology Works
Here are some of the cases and news reports I’ve been following over the past month:
P2P In the Courts
U.S. v. BASTIAN, 09-3111 (8th Cir. 6-29-2010) — Defendant challenged upward enhancement of his sentence based on use of peer-to-peer network to distribute child pornography, arguing that he had no knowledge that files in his shared folder were accessible to others. Appeals Court concluded that even if the District Court erred, the error was harmless.
U.S. v. Christman, No. 08-4474 (6th Cir. 6-22-2010) — Government appealed lenient sentence given to man who plead guilty to sharing child pornography images worldwide using Kazaa peer-to-peer software. Appeals Court reversed sentence, remanded for new sentencing, and instructed that a new judge be assigned.
U.S. v. Bradley, CRIMINAL ACTION NO. 09-136-JBC (E.D.Ky. 6-16-2010) — Motion by defendant to suppress evidence obtained from his laptop showing distribution of child pornography over the Gnutella peer-to-peer network. Good discussion of Limewire investigation and standard of probable cause for computer search.
U.S. v. Mallory, No. 09-15286 Non-Argument Calendar (11th Cir. 6-3-2010) [unpublished] — Defendant convicted of distributing child pornography across peer-to-peer networks challenged conviction, arguing evidence was insufficient to convict. Court rejected the argument due to defendant’s failure to move for acquittal at the close of evidence.
P2P In the News
June 28, 2010 — Online predators sneaking under the radar
June 26, 2010 — East Alton, IL — Bestiality, kiddie porn: East Alton man pleads guilty
June 25, 2010 — Gigatribe and the 4th Amendment
June 23, 2010 — Santa Anna, CA — Man charged with malware ‘sextortion’ plot
June 22, 2010 — Sidney, NE — Sidney man sentenced on porn charges
June 15, 2010 — Are Child Predators Waiting, Watching, and Engaging on your Child’s Social Networking Sites?
June 14, 2010 — Acting Deputy Attorney General Gary G. Grindler Speaks at the National Association of Attorneys General Summer Meeting
June 12, 2010 — Chambersburg, PA — Child porn charges net house arrest for Chambersburg man
June 11, 2010 — Hamilton, OH — The scourge of pornography: 16 months in prison for child porn on church computer
June 11, 2010 — West Valley City, UT — A.G.’S Office Files Utah’s 1st Peer-To-Peer Child Porn Case
June 11, 2010 — Shamokin, PA — Shamokin man charged with child pornography
June 11, 2010 — Fort Wayne, IN — Baptist preacher gets 12 years for distributing child porn
June 10, 2010 — Eddington, ME — Eddington Day-Care Operator Arrested on Child Pornography Charges
June 2, 2010 — Columbia, SC — Greenville County Man Arrested In Child Pornography Case
P2P Technology
June 17, 2010 — Torrent Trustyfiles
June 17, 2010 — Albany, NY — Industry leaders Facebook and MySpace first to use database to block child porn; Cuomo sends letters to other social networking sites and peer-to-peer sites urging implementation
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Frederick S. Lane
Author
Attorney
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To Schedule a Seminar for Your Defenders
Or CJA Panel Attorneys,
Please Call 802-318-4604
or Email Me.
Upcoming Lectures:
July 20, 2010
“American Privacy: Can a 19th-Century Right Survive 21st-Century Technology?”
eCampus, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
July 28, 2010
“Can You See Me Now? The Growing Problem of Sexting in the Public Schools”
Catawba County Schools, Newton, NC
July 30, 2010
“LimeWire Made Me Do It — And Other Digital Excuses”
Offices of the Federal Defender, MD & ED Tenn.
September 9, 2010
“There’s No Such Thing As Safe Sext”
Arizona School Boards Association Annual Law Conference
October 29, 2010
“Can You See Me Now? The Growing Problem of Sexting in the Public Schools”
Vermont School Boards Association Annual Conference
February 17, 2011
“The History of Privacy in America”
The Warren White Lecture, Drury University, Springfield, MO
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