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Record Industry Sues 532 More U.S. File-Sharers

Posted by timothy on from the make-them-watch-scared-straight dept.

Patik writes "The RIAA today issued 532 new subpoenas for music file swapping, many of them college students using their campus networks. They will not say which ISPs or colleges were involved, but that the users were sharing "substantial amounts" of music files. This brings the total number of subpoenas to 1,977. The RIAA has been averaging $3,000 per settlement so far." Readers Digitus1337 and Warpedcow point to stories respectively at Wired and Reuters.

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  1. Re:That's just you by incom · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    There is absolutely nothing wrong with the RIAA suing people who are illegally distributing their product. I'd say you are the one being foolish and purposely stoic . Surely you realise that copyrights and lawsuits etc. aren't some divine thing that everybody recognizes and accepts as "the one way". You must know there are people on this earth with different mores, values, laws, beliefs, etc. in which there would be *at least* something wrong with the current antics of the riaa.

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