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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (6512)	7/21/2003 8:38:27 AM
From: nnillionaire	Respond to of 25522

From today's WSJ: Music Industry Wins Subpoenas In Growing Piracy Crackdown online.wsj.com Excerpt: WASHINGTON -- The music industry has won at least 871 federal subpoenas against computer users suspected of illegally sharing music files on the Internet, with roughly 75 new subpoenas being approved each day, U.S. court officials said Friday. The effort represents early steps in the music industry's contentious plan to file civil lawsuits aimed at crippling online piracy... In some cases, subpoenas cite as few as five songs as "representative recordings" of music files available for downloading from these users. The RIAA, the trade group for the largest music labels, previously had indicated its lawyers would target Internet users who offer substantial collections of MP3 song files but declined to say how many songs might qualify for a lawsuit.... ------------------------------------------- Five songs. Talk about frivolous lawsuits! nnill