The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) said Thursday that it had filed 717 new lawsuits against alleged file-swappers, including 68 unnamed people at universities.The suits come several days after the record label group filed its arguments with the Supreme Court in a case examining the broader legal liability of file-swapping software companies. Movie studios also filed their own second round of lawsuits against individual computer users on Wednesday.
I believe that this latest news pushes the tally up to 8,423 lawsuits by the RIAA unto its consumers. I’ve posted my thoughts on this issue before. But I will note that the RIAA’s focus has shifted from announcing fresh new music to simply suing people, as evidenced by the the chosen selection of ‘latest news’ on their main website. Maybe it reflects a new financial model?