For several years now, the Recording Industry of America has lobbied public and private universities to decrease music pirating by pressuring their student bodies and closely monitoring their computer networks. Shoot, back in January, the RIAA sent 407 pre-litigation letters to 18 universities that it deemed the most prone to music theft. Much of the RIAA’s focus on colleges comes from a 2007 Student Monitor survey. The college research group found that more than half of college students download copyrighted material.
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