Music Industry Goes After Internet2 For Pirated Music Downloads

April 15, 2005
(CoolAvenues News Wire)

After pursuing the net-users downloading pirated music on world wide web or main commercial Internet for all, music industry has decided to pursue users on Internet2 downloading pirated music.

Around 400 students are being sued by RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for alleged downloading of illegal pirated music and movies via super-fast computer network known as Internet2.

Internet2, established in 1996, is high-speed network, which connects around 200 universities and 60 corporate for the purpose of carrying out research & test. Internet2 is not connected to main Internet, and hence, not open to general public.

As per RIAA, a total of 405 suits are being filed against students at Boston University, Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia University, Drexel University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Michigan State University, New York University, Ohio State University, Princeton University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of California - Berkeley, University of California - San Diego, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, University of Pittsburgh and University of Southern California.

RIAA claimed that though evidence of infringing activity on i2hub is extensive, it (RIAA) has chosen to limit the number of lawsuits to 25 per school at this time, and lawsuits are being filed only against some of the more extensive abusers of Internet2 technology. The average number of MP3 files shared by users sued in this round is more than 2,300, while the average number of total files is more than 3,900. Some users have shared as many as 13,600 MP3 files and as many as 72,700 total files (such as audio, software and video). The alleged offenders as per RIAA have illegally distributed more than 1.5 million total files, including more than 930,000 songs.

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