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The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) recently announced that it has filed a new round of lawsuits against 762 people it suspects of distributing its songs for free over Internet peer-to-peer (P2P) networks like KaZaA and eDonkey.
As of press time, the RIAA has sued roughly 5400 people over the past year in an effort to discourage the online song copying that it believes has cut into CD sales.
“We want music fans to enjoy music online, but in a fashion that compensates everyone who worked to create that music,” RIAA President Cary Sherman said in a statement.
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