College perps.The Recording Industry Association of America filed another 751 lawsuits against college students suspected of illegally distributing copyrighted music. The students are from the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission , Drexel University Drexel University, at Philadelphia, Pa.; coeducational; founded 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, opened 1892, chartered 1894 as Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry. It was renamed Drexel Institute of Technology in 1936 and gained university status in 1970. in Philadelphia and Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. in Boston. An RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America, Washington, DC, www.riaa.com) A membership association of music recording companies. Its goal is to promote the record label industry and protect the rights of copyright owners. It was a major contributor to the SDMI digital distribution system. spokeswoman declined to specify how many students at each university were implicated im·pli·cate tr.v. im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing, im·pli·cates 1. To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly: evidence that implicates others in the plot. 2. . The targets in this round of suits were users of LimeWire and Kazaa, popular peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. The RIAA filed civil suits, which carry a minimum penalty of $750 per illegally shared song. That means penalties could run into the thousands of dollars for each user, although up until now many of the RIAA's suits have been settled out of court. Some peer-to-peer file-sharing networks have not survived the onslaught. Grokster closed in November as part of a settlement with the RIAA, while StreamCast Inc.'s Morpheus network continues to exist as a file-sharing service, though it has added an option to purchase songs. Staff reporter Hilary Potkewitz can be reached at (323) 549-5225 ext. 226, or by e-mail at hpotkewitz@labusinessjournal.com. |
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