At the end of 2008, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced that it would cease to sue individuals who illegally shared music online because the facts on the ground had demonstrated that unlicensed sharing of music had increased in spite of the RIAA's legal campaign.
2008 年底，美國唱片業協會宣布不再起訴違法上網分享音樂檔案的個人用戶，因為事實證明：網上未經授權的音樂檔案交換有增無減，興訟效果微乎其微，反易招致民怨。