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Portrait of Those Targeted by RIAA Lawsuit Emerges

According to a WSJ article today, the RIAA contends that the target of its current spate of 261 lawsuits, filed around the country, are individuals who have compiled substantial libraries of pirated music, comprising 1,000 or more songs, which were then made available via file sharing programs such as Kazaa and Grokster. The RIAA has not made available a list of those it has sued, but the following articles provide further information on where the suits were filed, and against whom:

  • Elderly man, schoolgirl, professor among file-swapping defendants
  • Music lawsuits snare 18 in Bay Area
  • 20 Colorado Residents Sued Over Internet Music Downloads
  • Record Labels Settle First of 261 Music-Swap Suits (with a 12 year old girl)
  • See also this related New York Times article, Fighting the Idea That All the Internet Is Free.
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