September 19, 2003
261 People Sued Over Sharing Music Online; Colleges Work on a Compromise
Record companies filed 261 lawsuits last week against people the companies accuse of sharing large amounts of music over the Internet in violation of copyright law, the Recording Industry Association of America announced. The group did not reveal the names of those sued, nor did it say how many of the defendants were college students.
But according to the Associated Press, among those sued was Timothy M. Davis, a photography lecturer at Yale University.
The association promised
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