This is a newspaper article by Amy Brittain that appeared in the
Christian Science Monitor on June 18, 2007. The article provides
basic statistics about the RIAA’s file sharing lawsuits, makes
an argument in support of the RIAA, and gives examples of
solutions being implemented at some universities. The article
says that since 1999, physical music sales have declined 30
percent, and that two-thirds of college students’ music was
illegally obtained. Recording companies have suffered millions
of dollars in losses, and the author reminds us that, “For every
one Justin Timberlake, there are hundreds of sound-technicians,
backup singers, and retail workers who are hurt by illegal
downloading.” As a result of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act
in 1998, universities are protected from file-sharing lawsuits,
and this is why individual students are being sued. Some
universities have tried to solve the problem by forcing students
to install programs that block the use of P2P programs, and
others have started to use ca