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Dec. 27, 2008

Recording Industry Ends Suits Against Music File Sharers

The recording industry announced that after five years and tens of thousands of lawsuits filed in its anti-piracy battle, it will no longer use legal means to combat music sharing.

By Noah Barron
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - The recording industry announced that after five years and tens of thousands of lawsuits filed in its anti-piracy battle, it will no longer use legal means to combat music sharing.

The shift, announced last week, marks the end of an era of litigiousness for the Recording Industry Association of America, a campaign that drew fire from critics who have called the policies unfair, indiscriminate...

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