College students being sued

[Roseangelo]

Originally Posted by Sewer Bull

I wonder why RIAA prefers to threaten a lawsuit against people randomly tracked down on the net rather than trying to shut down the p2p networks permanently.

Closing down the source of all sin just should do it.

I think they've tried that, but they have no legal grounds to do so because none of the files are hosted by the networks. And most of them are operated out of other countries with different copyright laws and/or law enforcement that could give a crap.