Volume II

Issue : 17: September 9, 2004

• RIAA Sues More File Sharers While Report Shows Progress for University Anti Piracy Initiatives
• Internet Only Pharmacies in England Get the Green Light
• Man Receives Criminal Conviction under HIPAA
• U.S. Court of Appeals Rules Universal Transmitter Does Not Violate Digital Millennium Copyright Act
• Ontario Court Orders Disclosure of Employees Personal Information despite PIPEDA
• Atlantic Canada Governments to Sell Lottery Tickets Online
• U.S. Court of Appeals Finds Digital Sampling of Music Can be Infringement of Copyright
• U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Antiecommerce Protectionist State Law

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RIAA Sues More File Sharers While Report Shows Progress for University Anti Piracy Initiatives

In the latest round of the battle between the Recording Industry Association of America (the "RIAA") and online file-sharers, the RIAA has recently filed lawsuits against 744 persons it alleges have used online file-sharing networks to illegally trade in copyrighted materials. Since September of 2003, the RIAA has sued several thousand people in its efforts to combat the online sharing of music.

In a related story, the Joint Committee of Higher Education and Entertainment Communities issued a report to the U.S. Congress on the progress of initiatives aimed at reducing file-sharing activities amongst university students. Such initiatives include blocking file-sharing altogether on university networks, on-campus education programs, and deals between universities and licensed online music services such as Napster 2.0, MusicNet and RealNetworks to bring discounted downloading of music to students. The report stated that such initiatives are helping to control file swapping on university campuses.

For additional information, visit:

http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5323850.html

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/9484951.htm

For a copy of the joint committee report, visit:

http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EPO0412.pdf