RIAA - Filesharing Growth Has 'Stabilized'

[Jorge]

Late last week, the RIAA announced that they have launched a new round of lawsuits. This follows last months round of lawsuits.

According to the RIAA press release, the lawsuits went to the following:

The RIAA’s thirteenth wave of letters went to the following colleges this week: Boston University (35 pre-litigation settlement letters), Columbia University (50), Drexel University (33), Indiana University (40), North Carolina State University (35), Ohio State University (30), Purdue University (28), Tufts University (20), University of Maine System (32), University of New Hampshire (32), University of Southern California (50), and the University of Virginia (16).
<p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/zeropaid?a=T6T0gq"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/zeropaid?i=T6T0gq" border="0"></img></a></p>

Read Full Article Here (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zeropaid/~3/240766401/RIAA+-+Filesharing+Growth+Has+%27Stabilized%27)

[El Comandante]

Actually these are not lawsuits. They are pre-suit demands or pre-litigation letters. Some interesting stats on RIAA's site..

"Formal lawsuits have been filed against 2,465 letter recipients. These individuals either disregarded settlement opportunities or were not given the option to settle early because the university failed to forward the letters. Of the 5005 letters sent in prior rounds, the RIAA has reached settlements with more than 2,300 of those individuals."

[HelenaP]

...
... current round of lawsuits come after the [b]RIAA demanded that royalty rates for artists be lowered (http://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/../news/9245/RIAA+Wants+Songwriter+Royalties+Cut+by+39%25%3F). The move has made many doubting the idea that the RIAA is suing music fans to help the artists careers.

I can't help but wonder; Was this was their first clue?