Entertainment Industry Sues Downloaders Over New Internet
The lawsuits were filed Wednesday by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association (MPA) against the students, who swapped the files over a popular peer-to-peer program called i2hub, which was originally designed to help students socialize 社交 and do their homework.
The U.S. entertainment industry has struck a new blow against the illegal downloading of music and movies, suing 415 students who downloaded copyrighted files over an experimental and superfast new Internet.
The Internet2 system is a next-generation prototype that is much quicker than the current network and is currently deployed in about 200 colleges and universities. It allows users to download high quality movies in less than five minutes while an average song takes a mere 20 seconds to download.
"Quite simply, this special, high-speed Internet technology designed for important academic research has been hijacked for illegal purposes," Cary Sherman, president of the RIAA said. "That's why we decided to act quickly -- to let everyone know that illegal file-trading on Internet2 is not safe from detection."
Copyright infringement holds a penalty of 750 to 1,500 dollars per infringed work. The students who were sued each had an average of 2,300 illegal files on their computers.
The U.S. entertainment industry has struck a new blow against the illegal downloading of music and movies, suing 415 students who downloaded copyrighted files over an experimental and superfast new Internet.
The Internet2 system is a next-generation prototype that is much quicker than the current network and is currently deployed in about 200 colleges and universities. It allows users to download high quality movies in less than five minutes while an average song takes a mere 20 seconds to download.
"Quite simply, this special, high-speed Internet technology designed for important academic research has been hijacked for illegal purposes," Cary Sherman, president of the RIAA said. "That's why we decided to act quickly -- to let everyone know that illegal file-trading on Internet2 is not safe from detection."
Copyright infringement holds a penalty of 750 to 1,500 dollars per infringed work. The students who were sued each had an average of 2,300 illegal files on their computers.
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