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Discuss “RIAA sends Carnegie Mellon 13 pre-litigation letters in effort to curb illegal file sharing”

On Sept. 20, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sent another wave of pre-litigation settlement letters to Carnegie Mellon and 21 other universities across the country. Carnegie Mellon received 13 of the 403 letters distributed.

These letters, which are part of the campaign against illegal downloading that the RIAA began a few years ago, were sent on behalf of the record companies represented by the RIAA.

The RIAA represents “some 90 percent of all legitimate sound recordings produced and sold in the United States” and aims “to protect the ability of the recording industry to invest in new bands and new music,” according to its website.

If found guilty, students are “generally given an option for a pre-litigation...

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