by Jack McCarthy

RIAA follows MPAA in fight against file swappers

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Nov 18, 20041 min

The great debate over file sharing rages on, with some, like the Electronic Frontier Foundation maintaining that copyright law doesn’t matter anymore.

But the music and motion pitcure industries just aren’t giving up. This week, the Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America each filed new lawsuits against people who use peer-to-peer (P-to-P) software to share movie and music files.

The RIAA filed 761 suits, some against people using university networks such as those at Boston College.

“The lawsuits are an essential educational tool,” RIAA President Cary Sherman said in a statement. “They remind music fans about the law and provide incentives to university administrators to offer legal alternatives.”

Say what you will about the inevitability file sharing. The industry associations plan to fight to the end.