The recording industry sued 477 more computer users Wednesday, including dozens of college students at schools in 11 states, accusing them of illegally sharing music across the Internet.
The Recording Industry Association of America, the trade group for the largest labels, praised efforts by colleges and universities to use technology and school policies to crack down on music piracy on their own computer networks. But it said the most egregious offenders on campus deserved to be sued. "There is also a complementary need for enforcement by copyright owners against the serious offenders to remind people that this activity is illegal," said the group's president, Cary Sherman.
The recording industry filed its latest complaints against "John Doe" defendants, identifying them only by their numeric Internet protocol addresses. It said lawyers will work through the courts to request subpoenas against the universities and some commercial Internet providers to learn the defendants' names. Campus officials at Mansfield University in Pennsylvania warned students months ago about requests from the recording industry to crack down on copyright infringement on its computer networks.
News source: CNN
The Recording Industry Association of America, the trade group for the largest labels, praised efforts by colleges and universities to use technology and school policies to crack down on music piracy on their own computer networks. But it said the most egregious offenders on campus deserved to be sued. "There is also a complementary need for enforcement by copyright owners against the serious offenders to remind people that this activity is illegal," said the group's president, Cary Sherman.
The recording industry filed its latest complaints against "John Doe" defendants, identifying them only by their numeric Internet protocol addresses. It said lawyers will work through the courts to request subpoenas against the universities and some commercial Internet providers to learn the defendants' names. Campus officials at Mansfield University in Pennsylvania warned students months ago about requests from the recording industry to crack down on copyright infringement on its computer networks.
News source: CNN
pulled, rude comments, shit story. Not worth the hassle.
I would love to know if the RIAA has tried to sue someone who really wasn't involved in illegal trafficking of content.
Landlocked
Also - if you RTFA, you can see the list of schools where the students are located.
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(that's about a rather rare eDonkey-compatible client, but the important thing is which networks they scan... it probably doesn't matter which exact client you use)
They're also suing people for Gnutella...
Well, supposedly we're safe for the time being, since Verizon won the RIAA v. Verizon Internet Services case whereas the RIAA cannot issue subpoenas to obtain the identity of Verizon subscribers allegedly trading music files.
All of these people being sued were all caught before December 19, 2003.
More info here:
http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/riaasubpoenas/
Now, it doesn't mean they can't exactly, but an ISP can easily bring that case in their defense if they don't wish to respond to the subpoenas.
This is total BS and just for showand it won't make any differance at all. The record labels have to change their strategy faster since their resistance to do anything creative will ultimatly make them bankrupt.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Technology/03TechTECH01042604.htm
Was it based on how many songs they were sharing/amount of activity on the network? Or was it simply a matter of randomly picking people on the network and seeing if they were sharing *any* copyrighted material?
My guess is they at least targetted a lot of the same people on the same network so there would be less hassel w/ the subpoenas.
This is no less asinine than speeding and then claiming you didn't see the speed limit sign when the cop pulls you over.
Doesn't even count for a sarcastic "nice try"
It's more like building your own private road, without any barriers to public access, and then having noise complaints or the like because some people are ****ing around on the road.
Could be you, could be someone else who found a nice big empty road to **** around on.
Who gets in trouble? The builder/owner of the road, or the unidentified trespasser?
(and it's like in Canada here too -- still legal to download music)
Take Baylor, or other non-state funded universities.
My in-state tuition ran $1,300 here in Kansas
Actually, they wouldn't be able to, but good try, here's a cigar.
They ignore things like price fixing, supply and demand, etc just like any trust/monopoly.
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