Peer-to-peer file sharing continues to grow.

DESPITE the efforts of copyright organisations and record companies, the illegal downloading and sharing of music through peer-to-peer file sharing services has continued to rise in the US according to the latest research. A new report has suggested that this was due to US students returning to university and using internet facilities there to download music. In order to combat the rise, the Recording Industry Association Of America (RIAA) has issued 750 lawsuits against music file sharers, bringing the total of such lawsuits in the US to 6,191 since September 2003. CR

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