Turns out they’ve just been using Internet2 to steal music, movies and TV shows – but much faster than you or me.
The AP reports that the usual suspects in Hollywood are suing the usual suspects across the country (students), who’ve been using Internet2 as one kick-ass file-sharing network.
“The Recording Industry Association of America says it found evidence of more illegal activity at 140 more schools in 41 states and sent warning letters to university presidents,” writes the AP. “Some students were illegally sharing across Internet2 as many as 13,600 music files – far more than most Internet users – and that the average number of songs offered illegally by the students was 2,300 each.”
The RIAA will file suit against 405 students at the following colleges: Boston University, Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia University, Drexel University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Michigan State University, New York University, Ohio State University, Princeton University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the Rochester Institute of Technology, the University of California-Berkeley, the University of California-San Diego, the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Southern California.
The Motion Picture Association of America is also readying suits against Internet2 users.
