RIAA targets college students, again

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RIAA targets college students, again

by Grant Robertson Mar 9th 2007

Students beware, Cary Sherman is out to take you down. The RIAA chairman was on Capitol Hill this week to testify in front of a House Judiciary Subcommittee on courts, the Internet and intellectual property. Sherman told Congress that music has never been more popular, adding that college students are the RIAA's current pet peeve.

The RIAA warns it will go after college students with a renewed vigor, and indeed the organization has sent letters to hundreds of students at 13 U.S. universities in recent weeks demanding a steep financial settlement and warning students of coming federal lawsuits if settlements aren't addressed quickly and paid in full. The average cost of defending against an RIAA lawsuit ranges into the tens of thousands of dollars, even though evidence of any wrong-doing presented may be flimsy at best.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Ben G. said 9:10PM on 3-09-2007

Good link for what to do (as a University) if this happens from Recording Industry vs. The People:
http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007/03/open-letter-to-universities-whose.html

James said 10:43PM on 3-10-2007

Just think how much better off the world would be with a federal loser-pays clause...

John said 10:32AM on 3-12-2007

I am wrong in having the impression that the RIAA pulls it's stunts on Fridays to lessen the noise their nonsense will generate?!

In any case, the RIAA lawsuits are soon going to be a thing of the past when people catch on to ENCRYPTED file sharing. The one I recommend is GigaTribe ( http://www.gigatribe.com ), and there's plenty of other encrypted peer to peer solutions that are popping up as well!

Liqwid said 2:27PM on 3-12-2007

If I ever were sent a letter for an order to send them a settlement, I'd send them $15, and write a letter:

Dear RIAA,

Enclosed is the dollar amount of a CD. If this isn't a truly justified payment, I don't know what is.

Until the next time, I remain yours,
[blurred name]

Oh, Ben G., thanks for the link. That's a bookmark.

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