The Recording Industry Association Of America is again targeting students in its ongoing campaign against illegal file sharing. The RIAA, and movie industry trade body the MPAA, are calling on colleges to filter traffic on their networks to combat what the two associations call the "ever evolving problem" of illegal file sharing on campus.
In the latest stage of their anti-P2P campaign the RIAA has written to 40 universities in 25 states highlighting continuing "piracy problems" on their computer networks. While acknowledging that many colleges had already made efforts to curb copyright violation among their respective student populations, the trade body says more needs to be done.
RIAA President Cary Sherman told reporters: "Campus Lan piracy is not new, yet the problem has taken on new urgency. As we prioritise our focus on campus Lan piracy in the coming year, we hope administrators will take this opportunity to fully evaluate their systems and take action to stop theft by all means."