Universities putting pressure on students to stop illegal file sharing
Thanks to the RIAA threatening and/or filing lawsuits againsts those who allow copyrighted songs to be shared with others, universities are cracking down on college students engaging in this popular activity according to this Wall Street Journal story (subscription required):
Sharing of music files is a crucial issue for the industry. It says the practice is largely responsible for a 25% drop in CD sales since 1999. Revenue from album sales has declined from $14.6 billion in 1999 to $12.6 billion in 2002, according to the RIAA.
...It's estimated that people download more than 2.6 billion copyright files every month on file-sharing networks.