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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. List of Colleges by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The list of colleges was included in the RIAA press release:

    The individuals included in today's legal action were on the networks of the following universities (listed in alphabetical order of state or name): University of Arizona; University of California, Berkeley; California State University -- Northridge; University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Drexel University; George Mason University; George Washington University; Georgetown University; Indiana University; University of Indianapolis; Loyola Marymount University; Marquette University; University of Maryland; University of Michigan; New York University; University of Northern Colorado; University of Pennsylvania; University of Southern California; Stanford University; Vanderbilt University; and Villanova University.

    http://www.cpwire.com/archive/2004/3/23/1540.asp

  2. Re:KLite by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Dont forget oldversion.com
    You can also pick up AOL 1.0 while your there.

  3. RIAA to host online chat with college newspapers by noindiecred · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm an editor at the my college's newspaper. I received this in my inbox today from The Collegiate Presswire:

    EDITOR'S NOTE: The president of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is hosting an exclusive online chat with college editors and reporters this Wednesday, March 24, at 5 PM Eastern. The conference will focus on issues of music piracy on college campuses, and will have an interactive Q&A session.

    Registration is free. To attend, go to http://cpnewslink.collegepublisher.com at the specified time, and click on "Enter Chat Room". Your email address can be used as your login name, and the conference password is "music".

    Looks like the new lawsuits are just a part of a well-planned campaign to strike fear into us immoral college students. I guess this "conference" will consist mostly of the RIAA spewing propaganda with the hope that the editors and reporters in the chat will carry it back to their publications.

    This news is very depressing. Shame on the RIAA for suing students! They could at least go after people who can afford the court fees.

    I've found this site to be a good source of free downloadable MP3s. Gotta go grab more in light of this recent news ;)