Teaching them a lesson.(Wide Angle; Recording Industry Association of America files piracy lawsuits against students using university networks)(Brief Article)

Video Business, March, 2004 by Sweeting, Paul

* Keeping the pressure on online music swappers, the Recording Industry Association of America filed a new round of lawsuits that for the first time specifically goes after students using university networks. A total of 532 individual file sharers were targeted in the latest round, including 89 individuals at 21 schools in Arizona, California, Colorado, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C.

"Piracy, which is particularly rampant on college campuses, continues to hurt retailers, musicians, producers, record labels and thousands of less-celebrated individuals involved in making music" RIAA president Cary Sherman said.

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