My boss in the IT department here at UT sent me this article detailing the recent RIAA lawsuits brought against 28 of our students for downloading music. In addition to practically being sworn to silence when interacting with these students, we were also encouraged to memorize the list of alleged offenders. We're the only organization that knows who these students actually are.
"By ANDREW EDER, edera@knews.com
March 14, 2007
As the clock ticks down on a settlement offer to 28 University of Tennessee students, the recording industry has fired another salvo against alleged online music pirates.
Various record labels filed 63 lawsuits nationwide on March 6, including seven in Tennessee, charging users of commercial Internet service providers with downloading and distributing copyrighted music using online file-sharing programs.
The Tennessee lawsuits included one against a Sevierville woman, who could not be reached for comment Tuesday. In all, two were filed in the U.S. District Court in Nashville, two in Memphis, one in Knoxville, one in Winchester and one in Columbia.
The move came following a Feb. 28 announcement by the Recording Industry Association of America, a trade group for the major record labels, that it was targeting university students across the country for potential lawsuits unless they paid a settlement fee, believed to be thousands of dollars. The deadline for students to accept the settlement is Monday."
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