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...Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has specifically targeted at least one Harvard College student in its current legal campaign against the piracy of copyrighted music...
After several years of virtually unrestricted music file-sharing, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) took serious and direct measures last spring to curb the controversial downloading phenomenon. The association filed hundreds of lawsuits against online music-traders, inciting fear amongst millions of KaZaA users and causing havoc amongst the thousands of guilt-free, blissfully oblivious downloaders. Now, under increased pressure from movie studios, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has announced that it will take similar steps to stem the tide of illegal movie downloads...
...stands, the University shields students from the litigious reaches of the RIAA. If the College’s computer services office receives a complaint about illegal downloads, the College sends the student a warning instead of reporting the name and leaving him or her vulnerable to lawsuits. If the student is caught again, his or her access to the network is terminated. Thankfully, the University has confirmed that the same policy will be pursued in the case of any movie-downloading violations...
...RIAA, however, is skeptical of the study’s results...
...Certainly, the results are inconsistent with virtually every other study done by academics and research analysts about the impact of illegal file sharing,” wrote Amy Weiss, Senior Vice President of Communications at the RIAA, in a press release. Officials from the RIAA did not return requests to comment for this article...