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RIAA Sueing Its Way To The Top

“RIAA Targets Are Surprised By Piracy Suits”
Author: Nick Wingfield & Nick Baker September 16, 2003
The Wall Street Journal
Section B1 & B2


The record industry has made another attack on the millions of people who download music from online media libraries. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) targeted individuals who had uploaded large amounts of songs in recent months and they also targeted users which have the most copyright violating songs. So far the RIAA has filed 261 lawsuits against certain “file sharers,” ranging from a 12-year-old, to Grandmother from Manhattan. The author of this article wanted the reader to see the ridiculous lengths that the RIAA is going through trying to put a dent in the over 10 million people that swap music files every day. But according to the ...

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