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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...
...RIAA, however, is skeptical of the study’s results...
Harvard, like many universities, has been under pressure from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to crack down on students who use their network connection to download music. Last April, then-Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 announced that the College would unplug the connection of any users caught sharing copyrighted songs...
...study’s conclusion contradicts many of these earlier surveys, which attributed some of the recent decline in record sales to the increase in illegal music downloading. According to the RIAA, the number of albums shipped has declined by 31 percent since...
...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...