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Record Industry Still Pursuing File-Sharers

The U.S. music industry recently sued 531 more individuals for online copyright infringement through anonymous "John Doe" styled suits. The RIAA, continuing to cite digital piracy as a major cause of slumping CD sales for the third year in a row, announced that it filed five separate lawsuits against 531 users of undisclosed Internet Service Providers.

4 minute read March 01, 2004 at 08:27 AM
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Samuel Fineman
Record Industry Still Pursuing File-Sharers

The U.S. music industry recently sued 531 more individuals for online copyright infringement through anonymous “John Doe” styled suits.

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