The RIAA continues its business tactic of legally approved extortion:

The more recently filed “John Doe” lawsuits are against the students who did not agree to pay the settlement fee. The suits have enabled members of the RIAA to subpoena from Cornell the identification information of the student whose corresponding Internet Protocol address has been linked to stealing music. With such information, RIAA members can proceed to contact the specified individuals to negotiate a settlement, which would most likely be greater than the settlement initially proposed in the pre-litigation settlement letters.

Maybe this is how the RIAA intends on saving the music industry.

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