So, as expected, the Recording Industry Association Of America yesterday announced it was stepping up its campaign against illegal file sharing at colleges around the US. The association said it was sending out 400 letters yesterday to students at 13 colleges, via their colleges (because they have no way of identifying the individual students). They will ask the colleges to tell the students that they will face litigation unless they agree to settle with the record industry association over past copyright infringement, and pledge to stop sharing music in the future. Hundreds more letters will be sent out on a monthly basis from this point onwards. To be honest I'm not sure how that is greatly different than the trade body's existing approach to on campus file sharing, except the threat of legal action is somewhat more explicit. Will be interesting to see how both colleges and students respond.
Mar 1, 2007
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RIAA steps up college file sharing campaign with 400 letters
The RIAA has sent 400 letters to students at 13 US colleges via their institutions, demanding settlement over past file sharing, with hundreds more to follow monthly.