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New RIAA File-swapping Suits Target Students

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the share-and-share-alike dept.

Fletcher writes "The Recording Industry Association of America filed another round of lawsuits against alleged file-swappers, including students on 13 university campuses. The 750 suits come just a few days after Internet researchers released a study that found peer-to-peer traffic had remained constant or risen up to the early days of 2004, despite the pressure of recording industry lawsuits."

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  1. Bishoujo games by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've been swapping a lot of Japanese "dating sims" in order to improve my social skills with chicks - am I in any danger of being sued, or is this ONLY for music? What about games, bishoujo games in particular?

    1. Re:Bishoujo games by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      If they can't pronounce what you're swapping, they can't sue you. Unless there is a Japaneese equivelent of the RIAA. Doubt it......

  2. Re:Go RIAA... by AbbyNormal · · Score: 4, Funny

    When the weather report in Hell changes....
    Simple, last week it was a chilly 0 degrees Celsius.
    Apparently a team named the Boston Red Sox were able to win some big game or something. Cats and Dogs were seen living together for the night.

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  3. Re:It's Just by arose · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dear haX0rsaw, "changing the law to allow trading copyrighted material over the internet without permission" is a copyprotection circumvention method, you are not allowed to tell others about it. The RIAA

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