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"The Recording Industry Association of America Latest News about Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has announced that its member companies filed a new wave of copyright infringement lawsuits against 754 individual file-sharers.

"A share of this wave of lawsuits filed Wednesday was brought against users of university computer networks. Twenty individual file sharers at the Columbia University, Old Dominion University, the State University of West Georgia, the University of Pennsylvania, Westchester University and Widener University were named in the suit.

"Residents of Pennsylvania, Virginia, Georgia, Missouri, New York, Connecticut, Illinois and the District of Columbia were among those included in the suit. While the names of the alleged violators are yet unknown, the RIAA does have numerical ISP account addresses the defendants used."

Jennifer LeClaire. RIAA Members File 754 More File-Sharing Suits. E-Commerce Times. Dec. 17, 2004.

See also:
Andy Sullivan. Record Industry Sues 754 for Internet Song Swaps. Reuters. Dec. 16, 2004.

Update: John Borland. Court Nixes RIAA Subpoenas. News.com. Jan. 4, 2005. (Judge rules (.pdf) the RIAA must file lawsuits before obtaining the names of alleged copyright infringers from Internet service providers.)

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