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Article: Recording Industry to Begin Collecting Evidence and Preparing Lawsuits Against File 'Sharers' Who Illegally Offer Music Online; Launching Data-Gathering Effort to Identify Peer-to-Peer Infringers Who Continue to Offer Music to Millions.
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- PR Newswire
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- June 25, 2003
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WASHINGTON, June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting tomorrow, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) will begin gathering evidence and preparing lawsuits against individual computer users who are illegally offering to "share" substantial amounts of copyrighted music over peer-to-peer networks. In making the announcement, the music industry cited its multi-year effort to educate the public about the illegality of unauthorized downloading, and underscored the fact that major music companies have made vast catalogues of music available to dozens of services to help create legitimate, high quality and inexpensive alternatives to online piracy.
"The law is ...