Until recently, the music industry hasn"t sued users of music file-sharing services such as KaZaA, with the exception of four college students. Those students were sued after they made massive quantities of copyrighted songs available for download.
Beware that the music industry might not forebear much longer.
The music industry desperately needs to reduce online music piracy. Music CD sales have declined since 2000. They previously had risen every year since 1980, when Nielsen Soundscan began keeping score.
The industry"s trade group, the Recording Industry Association of America, is mum about possible future legal action against individual music downloaders. Mitch Glazier, the RIAA"s senior vice president for government relations, says "nothing is off the table."