Word: riaa
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...Sept. 13, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) began a letter-writing campaign aimed at seven of the largest file-sharing companies, including MetaMachine, which set the stage for a large-scale litigation process. Yagan cited this correspondence and high legal costs as the major motivation for his move to privatization...
...RIAA investigates both individuals and companies in its fight against illegal file-sharing. The Daily Princetonian reported on Wednesday that a Princeton student is being sued for file-sharing. Eighteen Harvard students have faced similar legal action, and 10 of them have settled out of court...
...each instance, the RIAA only had the IP addresses of the involved students and thus filed “John Doe” lawsuits. These anonymous lawsuits were then followed with subpoenas that compelled administrators to release the identities of the students using the IP addresses in question...
...RIAA spokeswoman Jenni R. Engebretsen wrote in an e-mail that it is now imperative to educate students about piracy laws...
...RIAA and MPAA have succeeded in one sense: they’ve raised awareness among those who might be inclined to infringe that they stand a real risk of getting sued,” Palfrey writes. “The Internet is not an anonymous place...