| RIAA sues 762 users over file sharing |
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The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed 762 lawsuits against users who were using file trading programs to download music over the internet. Some of these users (32) are college going students who were using university networks to download music. RIAA has caught these 32 individuals over the span of 24 universities. RIAA also filed 744 lawsuits in late August in hopes of teaching others a lesson to stop music piracy. The U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, ruled that RIAA, under U.S. law, cannot supoena names of users who are thought of as being file traders from internet service providers. The Recording Industry Association of America also filed lawsuits against 68 other individuals who declined to settle the case out of court. Some of the universities involved in the most recent case include, but not limited to - Colgate Univ., Columbia Univ., Georgetown Univ., Kent State Univ., Louisiana State Univ., Michigan State Univ., Stanford Univ., Univ. of Connecticut, and the Univ. of Louisville. According to the most recent reports, RIAA has filed 5541 lawsuits since last year.
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