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04-14-2005, 11:32 PM
Entertainment Industry Sues Downloaders Over New Internet - [P2P News]
The U.S. entertainment industry has struck a new blow against the illegal downloading of music and movies, suing 415 students who downloaded copyrighted files over an experimental and superfast new Internet.
The Internet2 system is a next-generation prototype that is much quicker than the current network and is currently deployed in about 200 colleges and universities. It allows users to download high quality movies in less than five minutes while an average song takes a mere 20 seconds to download.
The lawsuits were filed Wednesday by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association (MPA) against the students, who swapped the files over a popular peer-to-peer program called i2hub, which was originally designed to help students socialize and do their homework.
"Quite simply, this special, high-speed Internet technology designed for important academic research has been hijacked for illegal purposes," Cary Sherman, president of the RIAA said. "That's why we decided to act quickly -- to let everyone know that illegal file-trading on Internet2 is not safe from detection."
The RIAA also sent letters to the presidents of 140 colleges and universities informing them of i2hub activity on their campuses. The RIAA did not release a list of the 140 schools because Sherman described each letter as "a private communication."
Copyright infringement holds a penalty of 750 to 1,500 dollars per infringed work. The students who were sued each had an average of 2,300 illegal files on their computers.
Though most defendants settle such cases, the entertainment industry has successfully used high profile lawsuits against prolific downloaders to deter other fileswappers and dramatically decrease illegal downloads.
Source: ENTERPRISEWINOWSI.T.
The U.S. entertainment industry has struck a new blow against the illegal downloading of music and movies, suing 415 students who downloaded copyrighted files over an experimental and superfast new Internet.
The Internet2 system is a next-generation prototype that is much quicker than the current network and is currently deployed in about 200 colleges and universities. It allows users to download high quality movies in less than five minutes while an average song takes a mere 20 seconds to download.
The lawsuits were filed Wednesday by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association (MPA) against the students, who swapped the files over a popular peer-to-peer program called i2hub, which was originally designed to help students socialize and do their homework.
"Quite simply, this special, high-speed Internet technology designed for important academic research has been hijacked for illegal purposes," Cary Sherman, president of the RIAA said. "That's why we decided to act quickly -- to let everyone know that illegal file-trading on Internet2 is not safe from detection."
The RIAA also sent letters to the presidents of 140 colleges and universities informing them of i2hub activity on their campuses. The RIAA did not release a list of the 140 schools because Sherman described each letter as "a private communication."
Copyright infringement holds a penalty of 750 to 1,500 dollars per infringed work. The students who were sued each had an average of 2,300 illegal files on their computers.
Though most defendants settle such cases, the entertainment industry has successfully used high profile lawsuits against prolific downloaders to deter other fileswappers and dramatically decrease illegal downloads.
Source: ENTERPRISEWINOWSI.T.