Updated: Four Students Sued by RIAA For File Sharing
As the saga continues, the RIAA has pressed charges once again. However, this time it is against 4 students.
The RIAA today filed suit against four students for running file sharing services on their schools computer network. The lawsuits ask for injunctions to shutdown their file sharing servers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Michigan Technological University and Princeton University.
The RIAA claims that the students were offering between 27 000 and 1 000 000 songs to the public.
The RIAA has been blaming file trading services for the recent downfall in CD sales.
Update:
The Detroit Free press is reporting that at least one of the students named in the lawsuit is being sued for $150 000 PER SONG. With the student providing more than 652 000 songs, that adds up to a $97.8 trillion lawsuit.
Experts say that the student will not have to pay anywhere close to that amount, however the RIAA is looking to scare students.
“The purpose is intimidation,” said Rezmierski, “and they’re winning.”
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