Charged with illegally downloading music ranging from gospel classics to Snoop Dogg’s “Back Up Off Me,” two Middle Tennesseans have been sued in the last month by the Recording Industry Association of America.
The suits allege that a Gallatin woman and a Columbia-area man have downloaded music through the file-sharing program Kazaa, and have distributed the songs to others. Suits were also filed Nov. 21 against two other Tennessee men, one in Memphis and one in Jackson. The actions seek injunctive relief for copyright infringement.
These suits only are the most recent in a three-years-running legal siege aimed at illegal music downloading. In total, 16 individuals living in Nashville proper have had actions filed against them since September 2003, according to RIAA records. Since then, 18,200 individuals nationwide have been sued; 105 of whom are, or were, Tennessee residents.
“The conduct of Defendant is causing and, unless enjoined and restrained by this Court, will continue to cause Plaintiffs great and irreparable injury that cannot fully be compensated or measured in money,” according to complaints recorded in the three most recent RIAA suits filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
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