I just read, in a back issue of [tag]Rolling Stone Magazine[/tag], that college students are being accused of using LimeWire to illegally share 1,555 songs-including tunes by[tag] Jay-Z[/tag], [tag]Phil Collins[/tag] and the [tag]Dixie Chicks.[/tag] If those students don’t agree to settle within twenty days for $3000, the RIAA will file a lawsuit for as much as $1.16 million. That sounds like extortion to me. I guess they are trying to show that they are serious. This campaign by the [tag]RIAA[/tag], [tag]Recording Industry Association of America[/tag], began in 2003. They are settling for roughly $3000 to $5000. I’m sure college students have that kind of cash laying around. [tag]Sallie Mae[/tag] may have to fund that too.

If they are trying to freak kids out, I guess that it is working. Lesson: don’t download music unless you pay for it.