The Recording Industry Association of America filed copyright infringement lawsuits against… The Recording Industry Association of America filed copyright infringement lawsuits against 405 students at 18 different colleges Wednesday, including students at Pitt and Carnegie Mellon University.
The RIAA alleges that, all told, the students have distributed 1.5 million files over the Internet. The average number of mp3s shared by each user being sued is more than 2,300, according to the RIAA.
The following list of songs was attached to the RIAA’s complaint at the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The defendants, labeled Does #1-16, were not identified by name.
Doe #1: Lit, “Four”; Linkin Park, “Forgotten”; Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Easily”; Smashing Pumpkins, “Farewell and Goodnight”; Eminem, “Steve Berman”
Doe #2: Alanis Morissette, “You Learn”; Enigma, “Mea Culpa”; Vertical Horizon, “Everything You Want”; U2, “Trip Through Your Wires”
Doe #3: Lit, “My Own Worst Enemy”; Billy Joel, “You May Be Right”; Sublime, “Santeria”; Green Day, “Basket Case”; Sublime, “Caress Me Down”
Doe #4: The Smiths, “Big Mouth Strikes Again”; Third Eye Blind, “Semi-Charmed Life”; David Gray, “Sail Away”; Third Eye Blind, “How’s It Going to Be”; Beastie Boys, “So What’Cha Want”
Doe #5: Bad Religion, “It’s a Long Way to the Promised Land”; Green Day, “Jackass”; The Offspring, “Americana”; The Offspring, “Original Prankster”; Incubus, “New Skin”
Doe #6: Third Eye Blind, “How’s It Going to Be”; Dead or Alive, “You Spin Me ‘Round (Like a Record)”; Journey, “Open Arms”
Doe #7: Michelle Branch, “All You Wanted”; Jewel, “Foolish Games”; Matchbox 20, “Long Day”; Christina Aguilera, “What a Girl Wants”; Green Day, “Basket Case”
Doe #8: Nas, “One Love”; Eagles, “Hotel California”; Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Parallel Universe”; Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Californication”; Michael Jackson, “Billie Jean”
Doe #9: Pantera, “Hellbound”; No Doubt, “Hey You”; Blink-182, “The Party Song”; Ben Harper, “Steal My Kisses”; Savage Garden, “Crash and Burn”
Doe #10: Trick Daddy, “I’m a Thug”; Allure, “All Cried Out”; Whitney Houston, “When You Believe”; Eminem, “Paul (Skit)”; Whitney Houston, “Run to You”
Doe #11: Eurythmics, “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”; Blink-182, “Josie”; Smashing Pumpkins, “Thirty-Three”; Sublime, “Paddle Out”
Doe #12: Sublime, “Jailhouse”; Usher, “U Remind Me”; Pink Floyd, “Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2”; Sublime, “Caress Me Down”
Doe #13: Dire Straits, “Money for Nothing”; OPM, “Heaven is a Halfpipe;” Eurythmics, “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”; Ben Harper, “Steal My Kisses”
Doe #14: Ben Harper, “Steal My Kisses”; Candlebox, “Far Behind”; Bruce Springsteen, “I’m on Fire”; Marcy Playground, “Sex and Candy”
Doe #15: Blink-182, “All the Small Things”; Goo Goo Dolls, “Black Balloon”; Green Day, “Minority”; Dave Matthews Band, “Crash into Me”
Doe #16: Dave Matthews Band, “Crash into Me”; Weezer, “Undone (The Sweater Song)”; Bon Jovi, “Wanted Dead or Alive”
If files you shared between Feb. 26 and March 28 match those on any of the Doe lists, you may be a defendant in Case 05-4888. It is possible, however, that more than one person at Pitt was sharing any or all of these lists of songs at the same time. Do not assume that you are being sued.
If you would like more information on the RIAA’s complaint, or you think it is possible that you will be subpoenaed, please contact us at pittnews@pitt.edu.
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