US music industry hits milestone, has sued 15,000 people

Hypnosis4U2NV used our news submit to tell us that the music industry (RIAA) has decided to sue another 757 people, who are claimed to have been illegally trading music via P2P file sharing networks. Out of this 757 it is believed 64 of these people were using college and school networks to download and trade music illegally.

The addition of 757 people to the list of people sued by the music industry has swelled to almost 15,000.

Legal A trade group representing the U.S. music industry said on Thursday it filed lawsuits against 757 people it claims used online file-sharing networks to illegally trade in copyrighted songs.

The latest round brings the total copyright infringement lawsuits filed against individuals to 14,800 filed by the U.S. music industry.Of the 757 filed on Thursday, about 64 were filed against individuals using college networks, said the Recording Industry Association of America, which represents labels like Sony/BMg and Vivendi Universal"s Universal.

As Hypnosis4U2NV pointed out almost 15,000 people sued!! Thats quite a lot of people.

Source: Yahoo News

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